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How to lose a battle : foolish plans and great military blunders / edited by Bill Fawcett.

Fawcett, Bill (EDT) (Author). Fawcett, Bill. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 0060760249
  • ISBN: 9780060760243
  • Physical Description: viii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, [2006]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Battle of Arbela 1 -- Exodus 11 -- Battle of Cannae 16 -- Battle of Carrhae 25 -- Teutoburg Forest 34 -- Horns of Hattin 43 -- Battle of Agincourt 48 -- Battle of Trenton 57 -- Battle of Ballynamuck 63 -- Bad Luck of Billy Bainbridge 68 -- Austerlitz 73 -- Battle of San Jacinto 82 -- Charge of the Light Brigade 91 -- Antietam 99 -- Chancellorsville 106 -- Gettysburg: The Beginning 116 -- Gettysburg: The Battle 128 -- Crater: The Mine 152 -- Crater: Failure 169 -- Battle of Isandhlwana 187 -- Battle of Majuba Hill 193 -- Gordon and the Siege of Khartoum 201 -- Philippines Theater 208 -- Samoa 214 -- Boxer Rebellion 219 -- Schlieffen Plan 226 -- Easter Rising 234 -- European Siberian Invasion 241 -- A Clash of Eagles 246 -- Pearl Harbor 257 -- Midway 268 -- Guadalcanal 278 -- Stalingrad 286 -- Kasserine Pass 294 -- Okinawa 299 -- Six-Day War 304 -- Dien Bien Phu 311.
Subject:
Battles.
Military art and science > History.
Military history > Case studies.
Errors.
Operational art (Military science) > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.

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