Great Military Blunders

<p>The other side of the coin from military genius and bravery is military incompetence - a largely preventable, tragically expensive aspect of human behaviour. This collection charts a series of debacles from the Middle Ages to the Gulf War.</p>

History

REGAN, Geoffrey

World

CHANNEL FOUR BOOKS

To accompany a season of drama documentaries on Channel 4, Stevie Davies tells the political and social history of England in the 17th century.

A Century of Troubles: England 1600-1700

Davies, Stevie

Europe

Ever sicne humans began to settle and establish communities, warfare has existed, and in the 20th century the available technology brought warfare on an unprecedented scale. This book looks at the development of nuclear biological and chemical warfare, particularly in the Cold War and it`s aftermath. There are six chapters, each based on an individual programme from the Equniox strand. The stories featured are: " A Very British Bomb" , " Disarming the Bomb" , " Russian Roulette" , " Deadly Code" , " Dawn of the Death Ray" and " Kaboom! " .

"Warfare" (Equinox)

Engineering & Transportation

HARCLERODE, Peter

Engineering

This book looks at the work that goes in to making the series, how the sites are chosen, what life is like during the three week digs, the most exciting finds, and the most challenging sites. It includes interviews with the cast and crew and five case studies from the 1998 series.

Behind the Scenes at "Time Team"

Taylor, Tim

Humor & Entertainment

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