The War for Gaul

A translation that captures the power of one of the greatest war stories ever toldJulius Caesars account of his brutal campaign to conquer Gaul Imagine a book about an unnecessary war written by the ruthless general of an occupying armya vivid and dramatic propaganda piece that forces the reader to identify with the conquerors and that is designed, like the war itself, to fuel the limitless political ambitions of the author. Could such a campaign autobiography ever be a great work of literatureperhaps even one of the greatest? It would be easy to think not, but such a book existsand it helped make Julius Caesar a legend. This remarkable translation of Caesars War for Gaul captures, like never before in English, the powerfully concise style of the future emperors dispatches from the front lines in what are today France, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland.