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Military Blunders: The How and Why of Military Failure

by Saul David · 1997

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As this shrewd, controversial book shows, military disaster comes in many forms except, in hindsight, the unexpected. Written by a professional military historian, it both vividly describes some of the worst military blunders perpetrated since the birth of Christ and analyses the psychological and tactical factors at play to show why they happened.

Subject
history
Genre
war and military
Themes
military history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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