Military Blunders The How and Why of Military Failure

Name: Military Blunders The How and Why of Military Failure
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ISBN: 9781620870761

ISBN-10: 1620870762

ISBN-13: 9781620870761

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Authors: Saul David

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Hurray, boys, we’ve got them! General Custer reportedly told his troops before the Battle of Little Bighorn. As this shrewd, controversial book shows, military disaster comes in many forms, except, in hindsight, the unexpected. Here leading military historian Saul David surveys the six major mistakes that generals have often made through history. His book both vividly describes some of the worst military blunders perpetrated over the last two thousand years and analyzes the psychological and tactical factors at play to show why these disasters occurred. Some of the disastrous historical campaigns include Custer's Last Stand, Hitler at the Siege of Stalingrad, the Second Crusade, the Battle…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/16/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface



Unfit to Command


Elphey Bey and the Retreat from Kabul


Lord Raglan and the Charge of the Light Brigade


McClellan at Antietam


General Warren and the Battle of Spion Kop


General Stopford at Suvla Bay


General Percival and the Fall of Singapore



Planning for Trouble


The Jameson Raid


Colenso


The First Day on the Somme


The Dieppe Raid


Amhem


Bravo Two Zero



Meddling Ministers


Bannockburn


Sedan


St Valï¿½ry


North Africa: 1940-1


Stalingrad


Goose Green



Misplaced Confidence


Teutoburger Wald


The Second Crusade


Custer's Last Stand


Isandhlwana


Yalu River


Dien Bien Phu



A Failure to Perform


Crï¿½cy


Caporetto


The Kaiser's Battle


Anual


Crete


Kasserine Pass


Afterword


Further Reading


Index