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Great Military Disasters: From Bannockburn to Stalingrad
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Great Military Disasters: From Bannockburn to Stalingrad
Contributors:
By (Author) Julian Spilsbury
Publisher:
Quercus Publishing
Imprint:
Quercus Publishing
Publication Date:
9th June 2015
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
General and world history
War and defence operations
Dewey:
909
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
304
Dimensions:
Width 173mm, Height 205mm, Spine 20mm
Weight:
220g
Description
Great Military Disasters tells the dramatic stories behind the world's most calamitous conflicts.
From the French army's failure to understand the impact of new technology at Crecy to Hitler's blatant overconfidence at Stalingrad, military historian Julian Spilsbury provides thrilling accounts of each disaster, covering exactly what went wrong, how and why. Of course, a disastrous outcome for one side meant victory for another, so as well as exploring the reasons the conflict ended in disaster, Great Military Disasters also reveals the key to victory. Eyewitness quotations add another dimension to this intriguing study of human incompetence of the gravest kind.Author Bio
Julian Spilsbury is the military obituarist for the DAILY TELEGRAPH and a script writer for THE BILL, TAGGART and CASUALTY. He is the author of several thrillers including NIGHT OF THE BEAR and VISION OF THE HUNTER.
