Alexander the Great: How Great Was Alexander as a Military Leader?

Throughout history, many military leaders have led conquests as a way to increase power and as a result have established an improved status in modern textbooks. Some of the most exceptional of these generals have been assigned the label of “great”. Historians often argue in comparing the greatest of these commanders and whether they deserve such reverence. One of the men that is always used as a standard- bearer is Alexander the Great, because of his success in battle and the influence he had on those the followed. The question really becomes, how “great” was this young Macedonian king?