Military Blunders

The quintessential book for history buffs lively, informative inside stories on more than 50 of the most disastrous military mishaps to occur in the past 100 years now in paperback!"Along with millions of you, I am a sucker for war stories. So from the moment I began reading Military Blunders, I was [...]
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The quintessential book for history buffs lively, informative inside stories on more than 50 of the most disastrous military mishaps to occur in the past 100 years now in paperback!"Along with millions of you, I am a sucker for war stories. So from the moment I began reading Military Blunders, I was fascinated....Get ready to embark on some riveting cautionary tales." -Mike Wallace, from his Introduction. From the assassination of the Archduke, through Hitler's rise and demise, to Saddam Husseins doomed invasion of Kuwait Military Blunders is a blow-by-blow account of this century's most ill-fated military events. What were they and why did they happen? "Like the best general history volumes, Coffeys book, in clean, muscular prose, expertly informs as it artfully entertains." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Reviewed with an excellent eye...this book pinpoints with great perception the blunders of the high ranking in the military that are generally overlooked or hidden." -Indianapolis Star