Any meeting of geniuses may create sparks, but on a battlefield, the stakes are higher than anywhere else. Offering an accessible look at some of the foremost figures in military history, this overview explores Hannibal's downfall at the hands of Scipio, Caesar and Pompey deciding the fate of the Roman Republic, Napoleon's fateful clash with Wellington, Grant and Lee squaring off in the final year of the American Civil War, and Montgomery and Patton opposing Hitler's ace, Rommel.