Reading Alexander the Great Failure and finding my opinion of Alexander shifting even further to the negative. I thought he was an overrated, unhinged narcissist before, but seeing what Philip did to build up the kingdom of Makedonia and forge the army and diplomatic setup that Alexander was able to inherit makes him seem even less "Great". Sure he was a capable enough tactician and strategist, but he wasn't the statesman his father was, and he literally picked up all the things his father had fashioned and used them for the plans that had already been made.
I asked our resident expert, who said:
Originally Posted by Trarco