The generalship of Muhammad : battles and campaigns of the Prophet of Allah / Russ Rodgers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Revolution -- The insurgency grows -- The road to badr -- From elation to despair -- From the mountain to the trench -- The surge -- Triumph -- The generalship of Muhammad, the Prophet of Allah.

There are many biographies of the Prophet. In The Generalship of Muhammad, Russ Rodgers merges original sources with the latest in military theory to examine Muhammad's military strengths and weaknesses. Incorporating military, political, and economic analyses, Rodgers focuses on Muhammad's use of insurgency warfare in seventh century Arabia to gain control of key cities such as Medina. Seeking to understand operational aspects of these world-changing battles, he provides battlefield maps and explores the supply and logistic problems that would have plagued any military leader at the time. Rodgers explains how Muhammad organized his forces and gradually built his movement against sporadic resistance from his foes. He examines the Prophet's intelligence network and the employment of what would today be called special operations forces. And he considers the possibility that Muhammad received outside support to build and maintain his movement as a means to interdict trade routes between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanid Persians.