Military Blunders: Wartime Fiascoes from the Roman Age Through World War I
- ISBN-10
- 1567991750
- ISBN-13
- 9781567991758
- Category
- Errors
- Pages
- 120
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Metro Books
- Author
- Steven Eden
Description
An account of historical military defeats born of blunders, ineptness and other obstacles to victory, unlimited to any one country or empire.
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