They were different types of tactictians. Alexander won battles mostly through the use of the "hammer and anvil" tactic of his phalanxes and cavalry (phalanx being the anvil and cavalry the hammer) and fought organised Persian armies. He wasn't very good at seeing beyond his goal which was why his empire fell apart after his death (no strong central government) but he was fighting in uncharted territory most of the time and was a brilliant commander. Julius Caeser on the other hand was more of a polictical tactician. He won battles but he also consolidated the territory he won so the empire would hold together. He faced less organised Celts which would be far easier opponents than the Persians that Alexander fought, though his victories in Egypt and during the Roman civil war were excellent. To be honest I don't know :(
I put my desk together wrongly, put the top on the wrong way round so that the holes to secure it in properly were in the wrong place. I had to use a hand drill to try to drill more holes :(
I'd recommend Orson Scott Card, my favourite author :) though you sound as though you'd like things by people like Chris Ryan, Andy McNab and others like them.
What you forget though is that through the revolution of the sliced form of bread, toasters became more of a standardised size meaning more people could have toast without having to cut it to a certain size.
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