Great Military Disasters - From Bannockburn to Stalingrad

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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 Crécy 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.The compelling stories of history's most disastrous conflicts. Zusammenfassung The compelling stories of history's most disastrous conflicts.

Product details

• Authors: Julian Spilsbury, Spilsbury Julian
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.04.2015
• EAN: 9781848668997
• ISBN: 978-1-84866-899-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 205 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / World, military history, General & world history, General and world history, War and defence operations, War & defence operations