The General's Playbook represents a revolutionary approach to military education, focusing on the essential question: “What are the most effective battle-winning tactics used by history's greatest generals?” Rather than dwelling on personalities, life histories, or generic military principles, this book identifies and analyzes the specific battlefield strategies that consistently produced victories for history's most successful commanders. The General's Playbook offers several unique contributions to military literature. By using sabermetric analysis rather than subjective historical judgment, the book provides a more objective technique to identify the best generals. Unlike traditional military histories that emphasize personality and context, this work isolates the specific tactics that produced battlefield success. By examining commanders across vastly different cultures and time periods, the book identifies universal principles of military success. The tactical insights remain relevant to contemporary conflict, with many modern military doctrines tracing their lineage directly to these historical approaches. The work serves as both a concise military history reference and a practical guide to battle-winning strategies that have stood the test of time. For military professionals, history enthusiasts, and strategy students alike, The General's Playbook distills centuries of military wisdom into actionable insights that remain as valuable today as they were on the battlefields of the past.