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The Brassey's Book of Military Blunders
Geoffrey Regan surveys fascinating and disastrous decisions in naval and military warfare history. This book is the first in a series of titles that included Air Force Blunders and More Military Blunders published fall 2000. Both entertaining and informative, here is a look at a history that has been marked as much by incompetence as by gallantry and glory.
From ancient times to the Bay of Pigs and the Falklands War, military history has been marked as much by misjudgments and incompetence as by gallantry and glory. Such blunders have sometimes ended in tragedy. Sometimes they turned into farce. Sometimes they have ended in triumph, despite all odds.
In his collections, Geoffrey Regan not only recounts the staggering stories but also examines the kinds of problems that can lead to disaster—from the Prussian general who believed he was pregnant with an elephant to the British cruiser HMS Trinidad that torpedoed itself in the Arctic in 1942.
From ancient times to the Bay of Pigs and the Falklands War, military history has been marked as much by misjudgments and incompetence as by gallantry and glory. Such blunders have sometimes ended in tragedy. Sometimes they turned into farce. Sometimes they have ended in triumph, despite all odds.
In his collections, Geoffrey Regan not only recounts the staggering stories but also examines the kinds of problems that can lead to disaster—from the Prussian general who believed he was pregnant with an elephant to the British cruiser HMS Trinidad that torpedoed itself in the Arctic in 1942.
186 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1991
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Geoffrey Regan
42 books3 followersGeoffrey Regan is an English military historian, former senior school teacher and broadcaster.
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June 21, 2017
It's good, but I can't read it through in one sitting. My library lets you take a book for 3 weeks. I have borrowed this twice now and still have some to go. More like Geoffery Regan's Book Of ALL THE Military Blunders IN ALL OF RECORDED HISTORY. I mean I get it, but it gets old after a while. All the stories are interesting but, there are just so many. I can only read 1-2 stories about (Pick a subject, overconfidence, poor planning, reconnaissance, etc.) before I've had enough. Now if this is your thing you know what your in for.
July 24, 2018
Poorly written...too segmented
August 11, 2021
I laughed a lot but at the same time I felt very bad cuz I was actually laughing to people that died, for stupid reasons, but they died
respect to the fallen ones
y'all are heroes 🕊️
respect to the fallen ones
y'all are heroes 🕊️
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