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528 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780465097807
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 31 May 2016
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The Crimea, the Boer War, the Somme, Tobruk, Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs: these are just some of the milestones in a century of military incompetence, of costly mishaps and tragic blunders. Are these simple accidents -- as the "bloody fool" theo...
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528 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780465097807
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 31 May 2016
Description
The Crimea, the Boer War, the Somme, Tobruk, Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs: these are just some of the milestones in a century of military incompetence, of costly mishaps and tragic blunders. Are these simple accidents -- as the "bloody fool" theo...