The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History
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ABC-CLIO
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Topics | Agincourt, Battle of;Cannae, Battle of;Guadalcanal, Battle of;Hattin, Battle of;Little Big Horn, Battle of;Soviet-Afghan War;Spanish Armada;Tours, Battle of;Trafalgar, Battle of;Verdun, Battle of;Yom Kippur War;Yorktown, Battle of;Military History: Conflict and Wars |
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Kuehn, John and Holden, David. The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History. ABC-CLIO, 2020. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440862694.
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The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History is a fascinating collection that educators, students, and historians will all find useful in helping them understand the causes and consequences of the most infamous military failures in history.
The dynamics of military disaster are equally, if not more, important as understanding how to achieve success on the battlefield. This comprehensive book covers the complete gamut of human history as it tells the compelling stories of the worst military debacles of all time. It covers battles, campaigns, and wars, starting with the ancient Persians and Greeks and finishing with the U.S. conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Not limited to land warfare, however, the book also includes a number of the most disastrous naval engagements and campaigns in world history.
The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History opens with a detailed introduction illuminating the role military strategy and politics played in some of the worst battlefield failures throughout history. The entries are augmented with several engaging sidebars related to various military disasters. This eclectic collection includes coverage of many lesser known military disasters such as the Taiping Rebellion, during which 20 times more Chinese died than the number of people killed in the American Civil War.
- Provides readers with a global collection of the worst military disasters in history
- Offers a broad chronological review of military disasters across multiple conflicts
- Includes engaging sidebars that augment the entries
- Provides readers with an extensive resource list for further reading
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History
Author(s): Kuehn, John; Holden, David;Contributors: Kuehn, John; Holden, David;Abstract:The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History is a fascinating collection that educators, students, and historians will all find useful in helping them understand the causes and consequences of the most infamous military failures in history.
The dynamics of military disaster are equally, if not more, important as understanding how to achieve success on the battlefield. This comprehensive book covers the complete gamut of human history as it tells the compelling stories of the worst military debacles of all time. It covers battles, campaigns, and wars, starting with the ancient Persians and Greeks and finishing with the U.S. conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Not limited to land warfare, however, the book also includes a number of the most disastrous naval engagements and campaigns in world history.
The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History opens with a detailed introduction illuminating the role military strategy and politics played in some of the worst battlefield failures throughout history. The entries are augmented with several engaging sidebars related to various military disasters. This eclectic collection includes coverage of many lesser known military disasters such as the Taiping Rebellion, during which 20 times more Chinese died than the number of people killed in the American Civil War.
- Provides readers with a global collection of the worst military disasters in history
- Offers a broad chronological review of military disasters across multiple conflicts
- Includes engaging sidebars that augment the entries
- Provides readers with an extensive resource list for further reading
SortTitle: 100 worst military disasters in historyAuthor Info:John T. KuehnauthorDavid W. HoldenauthoreISBN-13: 9781440862694Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440862694.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440862687Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 408Publication Date: 20200131- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Introduction ix10
- Part I. Ancient Military Disasters 114
- Part II. Medieval Military Disasters 4962
- Part III. Military Disasters from the Early Modern Period 8194
- 23. The Conquest of the Aztecs 8396
- 24. Lepanto 8699
- 25. The Spanish Armada 91104
- 26. Pyongyang 95108
- 27. Sekigahara 98111
- 28. The Sack of Magdeburg 101114
- 29. Breitenfeld 104117
- 30. Nördlingen 107120
- 31. Naseby 111124
- 32. Rocroi 115128
- 33. Ramillies 118131
- 34. Poltava 120133
- 35. Rossbach 126139
- 36. Quebec 129142
- 37. Kunersdorf 133146
- 38. Quiberon Bay 136149
- 39. The Siege of Pondicherry 139152
- 40. Yorktown Campaign 141154
- 41. Rivoli 146159
- 42. The Nile 149162
- 43. Second Battle of Zürich 153166
- Part IV. Nineteenth-Century Military Disasters 157170
- 44. Trafalgar 159172
- 45. Jena–Auerstedt 164177
- 46. Tippecanoe 166179
- 47. Leipzig 170183
- 48. The Alamo 173186
- 49. San Jacinto 178191
- 50. Siege of Nanjing 181194
- 51. The Capture of New Orleans 184197
- 52. The Vicksburg Campaign 186199
- 53. Koeniggratz 192205
- 54. Sedan 195208
- 55. Battle of the Little Bighorn 198211
- 56. Isandlwana 202215
- 57. The Yalu 206219
- 58. Manila Bay 209222
- Part VI. Recent Military Disasters 213226
- 59. Tsushima Strait 215228
- 60. Tannenberg 219232
- 61. The Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive 223236
- 62. Verdun 227240
- 63. Battle of the Somme 231244
- 64. German U-Boat Offensive in World War I 236249
- 65. Caporetto 240253
- 66. Shanghai 243256
- 67. Nomonhan 247260
- 68. France 1940 250263
- 69. The Battle of Britain 253266
- 70. Crete 257270
- 71. Pearl Harbor 261274
- 72. Wake Island 265278
- 73. Singapore 268281
- 74. Bataan 271284
- 75. Midway 275288
- 76. The Destruction of PQ-17 281294
- 77. The Dieppe Raid 285298
- 78. El Alamein 288301
- 79. Operation Torch 292305
- 80. Guadalcanal 295308
- 81. Kursk (Operation Citadel) 298311
- 82. Ploesti Raid (Operation Tidal Wave) 303316
- 83. The Second Schweinfurt Raid 306319
- 84. Normandy Landings 310323
- 85. The Philippine Sea 315328
- 86. Imphal and Kohima 319332
- 87. Operation Bagration 322335
- 88. The Falaise Pocket 327340
- 89. Battle of Arnhem 330343
- 90. Operation Bodenplatte 335348
- 91. Battle of Osan 338351
- 92. Chinese Intervention 341354
- 93. Battle of Dien Bien Phu 345358
- 94. Ap Bac 349362
- 95. The Six-Day War (1967 Arab-Israeli War) 353366
- 96. The Tet Offensive 358371
- 97. Lam Son 719 363376
- 98. 1973 Arab-Israeli War–Sinai (Yom Kippur War) 367380
- 99. Iran-Iraq War: The First Gulf War 373386
- 100. Iraqi Freedom 378391
- Index 383396