Empires at War: A Chronological Encyclopedia from Sumer to the Persian Empire, Volume I

Arts & Photography

Richard A. Gabriel

History & Criticism

Greenwood

Empires at War: A Chronological Encyclopedia from Carthage to the Normans, Volume II

History

Military

Empires at War: A Chronological Encyclopedia from the Medieval Realm to the Ottoman Empire Volume III

The history of American military operations in the post-Vietnam era has been marked by failure and near-disaster. Since 1970, American forces have been committed in five operations--in Sontay to rescue prisoners, in Cambodia on behalf of the crew of the Mayaguez, in Iran to rescue the American hostages, in Beirut, and in Grenada--and in each case they have failed. Gabriel tells how and why each was crippled by faulty intelligence, clumsy execution, or poor planning by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Much of his information is still classified by the Pentagon and is revealed here for the first time. Finally, Gabriel offers a prescription for reform based on his twenty-one years of military experience.

Military Incompetence

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Farrar, Strauss & Giroux

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