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Secretary Mattis said "Alexander the Great would not be in the least bit perplexed by the enemy that we face right now in Iraq". Did Alexander ever face a guerrilla insurgency espousing a radical, suicidal doctrine? If so, how did he handle it?

by /u/rastadreadlion in /r/AskHistorians

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