John Kuehn, David Holden

The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History

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Produktbeschreibung

The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History is a fascinating collection that educators, students, and historians will all find useful in helping them understand the causes and consequences of the most infamous military failures in history. The dynamics of military disaster are equally, if not more, important as understanding how to achieve success on the battlefield. This comprehensive book covers the complete gamut of human history as it tells the compelling stories of the worst military debacles of all time. It covers battles, campaigns, and wars, starting with the ancient Persians and Greeks and finishing with the U.S. conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Not limited to land warfare, however, the book also includes a number of the most disastrous naval engagements and campaigns in world history. The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History opens with a detailed introduction illuminating the role military strategy and politics played in some of the worst battlefield failures throughout history. The entries are augmented with several engaging sidebars related to various military disasters. This eclectic collection includes coverage of many lesser known military disasters such as the Taiping Rebellion, during which 20 times more Chinese died than the number of people killed in the American Civil War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 961g
• ISBN-13: 9781440862687
• ISBN-10: 1440862680
• Artikelnr.: 58667743

Autorenporträt

John T. Kuehn, PhD, is General William Stofft Professor of military history at the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1. Ancient Military Disasters 1 Megiddo 2 Marathon 3
Salamis 4 Syracuse Expedition 5 Gaugamela 6 Chang-Ping 7 Cannae 8 Zama 9
Pharsalus 10 Teutoburg Forest 11 Adrianople 12 Catalaunian Plains 13
Yarmouk 14 Baekgang Part II. Medieval Military Disasters 15 Tours 16
Hastings 17 Hattin 18 Kamikaze: The Second Mongol Invasion of Japan 19 Lake
Boyang 20 Grünwald 21 Agincourt 22 Bosworth Field Part III. Military
Disasters from the Early Modern Period 23 The Conquest of the Aztecs 24
Lepanto 25 The Spanish Armada 26 Pyongyang 27 Sekigahara 28 The Sack of
Magdeburg 29 Breitenfeld 30 Nördlingen 31 Naseby 32 Rocroi 33 Ramillies 34
Poltava 35 Rossbach 36 Quebec 37 Kunersdorf 38 Quiberon Bay 39 The Siege of
Pondicherry 40 Yorktown Campaign 41 Rivoli 42 The Nile 43 Second Battle of
Zürich Part IV. Nineteenth-Century Military Disasters 44 Trafalgar 45
Jena-Auerstedt 46 Tippecanoe 47 Leipzig 48 The Alamo 49 San Jacinto 50
Siege of Nanjing 51 The Capture of New Orleans 52 The Vicksburg Campaign 53
Koeniggratz 54 Sedan 55 Battle of the Little Bighorn 56 Isandlwana 57 The
Yalu 58 Manila Bay Part VI. Recent Military Disasters 59 Tsushima Strait 60
Tannenberg 61 The Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive 62 Verdun 63 Battle of the Somme
64 German U-Boat Offensive in World War I 65 Caporetto 66 Shanghai 67
Nomonhan 68 France 1940 69 The Battle of Britain 70 Crete 71 Pearl Harbor
72 Wake Island 73 Singapore 74 Bataan 75 Midway 76 The Destruction of PQ-17
77 The Dieppe Raid 78El Alamein 79 Operation Torch 80 Guadalcanal 81 Kursk
(Operation Citadel) 82 Ploesti Raid (Operation Tidal Wave) 83 The Second
Schweinfurt Raid 84 Normandy Landings 85 The Philippine Sea 86 Imphal and
Kohima 87 Operation Bagration 88 The Falaise Pocket 89 Battle of Arnhem 90
Operation Bodenplatte 91 Battle of Osan 92 Chinese Intervention 93 Battle
of Dien Bien Phu 94 Ap Bac 95 The Six-Day War (1967 Arab-Israeli War) 96
The Tet Offensive 97 Lam Son 719 98 1973 Arab-Israeli War-Sinai (Yom Kippur
War) 99 Iran-Iraq War: The First Gulf War 100 Iraqi Freedom Index