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Great Military Blunders

Hardcover • 2017 • English

Great Military Blunders

By Geoffrey Regan

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About the book

From ancient times to the Bay of Pigs and the Falklands War, military history has been marked as much by misjudgements and incompetence as by gallantry and glory. Such blunders have sometimes ended in tragedy, sometimes in farce - such as the English troops, supposedly marching on Cadiz in 1625, who instead got drunk in a salt marsh. Sometimes they have ended in triumph, despite all the odds. In this fascinating and entertaining collection, author Geoffrey Regan not only recounts some of the sta...Show more

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ISBN

9780233005096

Publisher

Andre Deutsch Ltd

Published year

2017

Language

English

Original title

Great Military Blunders

Format

Hardcover

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