

From ancient times to the Bay of Pigs and the Falklands War, military history has been marked by misjudgments and incompetence. Some blunders have ended in tragedy, some in farce, and some in a mixture of both. The stories in this instructive collection capture those moments...



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...
