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Military Misdemeanors Corruption, Incompetence, Lust and Downright Stupidity

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ISBN-10: 1846031486

ISBN-13: 9781846031489

Edition: 2007

Authors: Terry Crowdy

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Bungled cover-ups, acts of blinding incompetence, miscarriages of justice, sexual escapades and downright stupidity - the scandals which have helped to make the world's armed forces the much loved (and sometimes ridiculed) institutions they are today. Take an irreverent look at the public outcries that both governments and soldiers would rather we forget, from Julius Caesar's sex life and the frolics of Charles d'Eon, the fearless dragoon and noted transvestite to the sinking of theKurskas Terry Crowdy delves into the darkest reaches of military sin and slip-up. Packed with more than 60 military mishaps from ancient times to the present day,Military Misdemeanorsshows that no military…    
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Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 9/18/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

The Prologue: 'Iniquity in Antiquity'
The One That Got Away
He Came, He Saw, He Was Conquered!
'Our Inglorious Past'
The Infamous Lieutenant Bird
A Victim of the Press
Boldless Byng
The Transvestite Knight
In the Dock, Then Off the Took
The One about the Cat
The Boney Man
'Abdallah' Menou
Mutiny and Murder Afloat
Baron Crocodile
Cintra Shame
The Grand Old Duke of York
The Peterloo Massacre
'Manifest Infamy'
Misrule, Britannia
Mutiny!
Crimean Shame
The Fairfax Raid
The New York Draft Riots
The Belknap Scandal
Surviving Custer
The Shambles in Africa
Scandal at Tranby Croft
Dreyfus
J'Accuse!
Misery in the Camps
Compromised Positions
The Passion of Colonel Red!
The Zabern Affair
'Not Such a Great War'
The Wrong Trousers
The Shell Scandal
The Lusitania Medal
A Martyred Nurse
The Mexican Connection
With 'Snow' on Their Boots
How To Win Important Friends and Influence People
Red Letter Day
M'Lady's a Tramp
The Midway Leak
The Slapping Incident
The Death Match
The D-Day Witch Trial
'Cold War Fallout'
The Atomic Spies
Un-American Activities
The Poisoned Apple
Fools' Gold
The U-2 Scandal
The Profumo Affair
Operation Ranch Hand
Drafting Ali
'Even in Our Enlightened Times?'
Murder at Lillehammer
'Gotcha!'
The Baby Snatchers
Kal 007
Satanic Operation
Irangate
Iran Air Flight 655
A Princess in Love
Draft Dodger-in-Chief
The Myth of the Flying Cow
The Massacre of Cermis
Smart Bombs are Still as Dumb as Their Users
Coffingate
Sinking of the Kursk
A Career on the Rocks
The Brothel Bills Scandal
The Sultan of Spin
Saving Private Jessica
Equatorial Guinea Coup
The Devil's Own
Swiss Pleas
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