Arrogant Armies: Great Military Disasters and the Generals Behind Them

by James M. Perry

Book Overview

Nothing goes wrong quite so dramatically as a disastrous military expedition.--from the Introduction ARROGANT ARMIES Spanning more than two hundred years of martial adventurism, aggression, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078582023X
• ISBN13: 9780785820239
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Castle Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining and thoughtful

I enjoyed this book tremendously. Entertaining and thoughtful -- I found it reminiscent of John Keegan's work. I look forward to Mr. Perry's next.

Excellent history.

Military history is replete with brilliant campaigns by celebrated commanders. Less well known are the debacles of ignorance, carelessness, and plain racism which have besmirched the names of once-proud generals and wasted the lives of thousands of soldiers. Perry, a seasoned Wall Street Journal political writer, recounts twelve such disasters, from the French and Indian Wars to Mogadishu; such prime example of arrogance, poor planning, and stupidity that they should be required reading for student-officers everywhere. A highly readable trek off the beaten path for military history buffs. (The "score" rating is an ineradicable feature of the page. This reviewer does not "score" books.)