From ancient times military history has been marked as much by misjudgments and incompetence as by gallantry and glory. Such blunders have sometimes ended in tragedy; sometimes in farce-and sometimes they have ended in triumph, despite all odds. More Military Blunders is a fascinating and enjoyable collection of near misses and huge disasters. Geoffrey Regan not only recounts some of the most staggering stories, but also highlights the kinds of difficulties that can lead to a military catastrophe. His anecdotes encompass every aspect of warfare from friendly fire to amphibious operations to meddling politicians and lack of cooperation-battles include the Kasserine Pass and Hurtgen Forest. Incorporating 50 fascinating illustrations, the entertaining and informative More Military Blunders will appeal to the military buff and general reader alike.

More Military Blunders

Geoffrey, Regan

History

Andre Deutsch

Spanning two and a half thousand years of warfare, from Salamis, where the Greeks put an end to Persian attempts to overwhelm their country, through the Battle of Hastings and the fall of Constantinople to the key engagements in the World Wars: Midway, El Alamein and Stalingrad right up to Operation Desert Storm, Battles that Changed History is a stimulating and lively account of fifty decisive battles that, either as a result of victory or defeat, have had a long-term impact on the course of world history. With the aid of numerous maps and illustrations military expert Geoffrey Regan not only examines the background and consequences of each battle, but also vividly re-creates the actual fighting, analyses the tactics and profiles key commanders and weaponry. Battles that Changed History provides an informative look at the military engagements that have shaped the modern world and will appeal to both the military history enthusiast and the general reader alike.

Battles That Changed History : Fifty Decisive Battles That Changed the World

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Carlton Books Ltd.

<p>In Historical Blunders bestselling author Geoffrey Regan turns his attention to the wider historical stage with this lively and entertaining collection of mishaps from the Classical Era to the Cold War period. The stories are as diverse as they are fascinating. Drawn from a impressively wide range of fields of human activity - political, social, economic, technological, medical and many more - they can be shocking as well as amusing. Historical Blunders brings together a wealth of stories of historical oversights, misdeeds, misdemeanours and plain old blunders, not previously collected in one volume. Discover how a vision of Russian soldiers led to the famine that devastated the Xhosa people. Learn which latter day Caligula elevated his pet labrador to the rank of colonel in the Romanian army. Find out how the Dutch prince came to arrange his own assassination and which Reformation clergyman's male chauvinist remarks cost him the chance of becoming one of Elizabeth I's bishops. These tales of historical mistakes and oversights make fascinating and entertaining reading and their broad appeal makes them ideal for the historian and general reader alike.</p>

Historical Blunders

Historical Study & Educational Resources

SOS Free Stock

<p>This entertaining collection of military anecdotes, interlaced with unusual illustrations, brings together over 400 little-known snapshots of men and women at war. Drawing on an impressive range of sources from Plutarch to the present century, from medieval chronicles to the American Civil War, the book includes many famous characters - Wellington, Rommel, Napoleon, Frederick the Great - as well as a gallery of lesser-known individuals, from Basil the Bulgar Slayer to Soviet fighter ace Lily Litvak and the other General Lee. Ranging from David and Goliath to Prince Rupert's poodle, from the the officer who was not only obliged to provide the paymaster with a certificate that he was alive, but also had to get it back-dated to prove that he was alive the previous month, to the shy Allied airman forced to disguise himself as a prostitute to escape the Gestapo, the book takes in some three thousand years of the quirkier side of military history. This highly original collection provides a feast of insights, curiosities and entertainment drawn from the rich sidelines of military history.</p>

Military Anecdotes

Deutsch

The word 'Crusades' has traditionally referred to the wars fought after the late eleventh century to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. Reagan argues that they actually began in the seventh century with the conquest by the Persians of the Byzantine Empire. In retaliation, the emperor Heraclius used Christian propaganda to turn the war into the first crusade. Coincidentally, Heraclius's career was unfolding at the same time as that of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. No sooner had Heraclius overthrown the power of Persia and regained the Holy Land, than he lost it to the irresistably strong Arabs. First Crusader is an entertaining and challenging reinterpretation of The Crusades.

First Crusader: Byzantium's Holy War

Ancient Civilizations

Sutton Publishing+ltd

Great Military Blunders

This entertaining and enlightening history examines landmark military screw-ups and their consequences, from those that are merely amusing in hindsight to the truly tragic. Twenty-five blunders span 600 years, but focus on episodes from major 19th and 20th century conflicts like the Boer War, World Wars I and II, the Zulu Wars, Indochina, the Tehran hostage crisis, Grenada, and Kosovo. Organized around themes like "Unfit to Lead", "Planning", "Underestimating the Enemy", "Hubris and Nemesis", and "Technology", the book is illustrated throughout with period drawings, paintings, photographs, and maps.

Military

Motorbooks, International

This startling & revelatory study presents a chilling expose of war s most incomprehensible tragedies: friendly fire , the euphemism commonly used for being killed by one s own colleagues or allies, presumably in error. Covering a sweep of history from the days of Alexander the Great to the 20th century -- including Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands & the Gulf War -- the author describes the incidents of friendly fire in detail & examines the causes behind them. This harrowing & engrossing study examines the truth behind the most tragic examples of military incompetence & sheds new light on a sadly ancient problem.

Back Fire: The Tragic Story of Friendly Fire in Warfare from Ancient Times to the Gulf War

Robson Books

From renowned military historian Geoffrey Regan comes a gripping look at war's most incomprehensible tragedies -- a study of the subject of unforgettable true accounts of disastrous panics & fatal mistakes from ancient Athens to Pork Chop Hill to the Persian Gulf. Friendly fire, the accidental killing of troops by their own forces, is also known as blue-on-blue. Chapters of the book include: storm in the desert; ground warfare from ancient times to the First World War; ground warfare from 1914 to the present day; blue-on-blue in air warfare; blue-on-blue in naval warfare; discipline & friendly fire; afterword; & bibliography.

Blue on Blue: A History of Friendly Fire

Avon/Books

Past Times Book Of Flying Blunders

Gullane Children's Books Ltd

The Past Times Book Of Naval Blunders

Past Times

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