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Sto caricando le informazioni... How to Lose a War at Sea: Foolish Plans and Great Naval Blunders (How to Lose Series) (edizione 2013)di Bill Fawcett (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Excellent. I await Fawcett's next book with bated breath. ( ) Do not buy this book. It is one you should borrow from your local library. The book covers 33 naval engagements from the end of the American Revolution to the Iran Iraq war of the 1980's. There is major coverage given to the American war in the Pacific , and glaringly no attention given to the naval battles of the American Civil War. For the most part the book is a recitation of the facts of each battle with very little insight given to various commanders involved. I think it is at its best describing the naval engagements prior to the World War II Pacific battles. Once the author starts tackling those he gets lost in the details of the land battles. Scant attention is paid to the Korean War,none is given to the Peublo incident,or Vietnam naval engagements. The book is decent quick cliff note sort of book for naval buffs, but serious readers of naval history will be disappointed. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
An engrossing compendium of high-seas military disasters From the days of the Spanish Armada to the modern age of aircraft carriers, battles have been bungled just as badly on water as they have been on land. Some blunders were the result of insufficient planning, overinflated egos, espionage, or miscalculations; others were caused by ideas that didn't hold water in the first place. In glorious detail, here are thirty-three of history's worst maritime mishaps, including: The British Royal Navy's misguided attempts to play it safe during the American Revolution The short life and death of the Imperial Japanese Navy The scuttling of the Graf Spee by a far inferior force The sinking of the Nazi megaship Bismarck "Remember the Maine!"--the lies that started the Spanish-American War Admiral Nelson losing track of Napoleon but redeeming himself at the Nile The ANZAC disaster at Gallipoli Germany's failed WWII campaign in the North Atlantic Kennedy's quarantine of Cuba Chock-full of amazing facts and hilarious trivia, How to Lose a War at Sea is the most complete volume of nautical failures ever assembled. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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