The Madness of Alexander the Great; and the Myth of Military Genius by Richard A. Gabriel - 2015

Pen and Sword Military, 2015. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. This book applies modern psychiatric concepts such as paranoia, depression, suicide, alcoholism, religiosity, and megalomania to the behavior of Alexander the Great. The author argues that Alexander the Great was not considered normal in the warrior society of Macedonia, and concludes that Alexander was probably a psychopath who was also suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) brought on by his exposure to violence and danger in war. Author Richard Gabriel teaches history and war studies at the Royal Military College of Canada. He was also a US Army officer assigned to the Department of Combat Psychiatry at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, where he conducted research on combat-related stress. Distributed by Casemate. (2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)