Days of Infamy : Military Blunders of the 20th Century,9780786865567

Days of Infamy : Military Blunders of the 20th Century

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ISBN13: 9780786865567
ISBN10: 0786865563
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-08-25
Publisher(s): HYPERION
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Summary

A companion volume to the forthcoming 26-episode History Channel series, this fascinating book takes a look at more than 50 of the most historic military blunders of the 20th century. of photos.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Mike Wallace
Part I EUROPE LOSES ITS WAY---THE FIRST WORLD WAR FROM SARAJEVO TO VERSAILLES 1(48)
The Assassination of the Archduke
3(6)
Disaster in the Dardanelles and Gallipoli
9(10)
The Sinking of the Lusitania
19(6)
British Battle Cruiser Disaster at Jutland
25(8)
French Mutiny in the Trenches
33(7)
The Treaty of Versailles and the Seeds of World War II
40(9)
Part II THE WORLD GOES TO WAR AGAIN---FROM THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION TO PEARL HARBOR 49(40)
Stalin's Purges, Hitler's Putsch
51(7)
Blunders of Hitler's Luftwaffe
58(7)
German Hesitation at Dunkirk and Operation Sealion
65(8)
The Pilot Who Bombed London
73(6)
Hitler's Declaration of War on the U.S.
79(10)
Part III WORLD WAR II DEEPENS---DISASTERS AT SEA AND DEATH IN WINTER 89(30)
The Sinking of the Graf Spee
91(8)
The Gray Ghost of the Queen Mary
99(4)
The Scattering of Convoy PQ17
103(7)
Death at Stalingrad: The German Army Gets Trapped
110(9)
Part IV THE TURNING OF THE TIDE IN WORLD WAR II---FROM THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY TO THE North African Desert 119(40)
The Sinking of Force Z
121(8)
Japanese Bungling at Midway
129(6)
Naval Night Fighting at Guadalcanal
135(6)
The Disastrous Raid on Dieppe
141(8)
The Bombing of Monte Cassino
149(4)
The Last Flight of the Lady Be Good
153(6)
Part V BRINGING WORLD WAR II TO AN END 159(42)
Bomber Harris and the Bombing of Berlin
161(6)
Operation Cobra and Friendly Fire at Saint-Lo
167(6)
A Bridge Too Far
173(7)
The Battle of the Bulge
180(7)
The Bomb Plot to Kill Hitler
187(7)
USS Indianapolis in a Sea of Sharks
194(7)
Part VI OF COLD WARS AND HOLY WARS---SUPERPOWER STANDOFFS AND DESERT STORMS 201(68)
Yalta and the Seeds of the Cold War
203(13)
From Korea to Dien Bien Phu to the Tet Offensive
216(10)
The Bay of Pigs
226(10)
The Spanish H-Bomb Crash: Collision in the Air
236(7)
The Failed Gorbachev Coup
243(10)
Disaster in the Desert: Operation Eagle Claw
253(7)
The Invasion of Kuwait
260(9)
Index 269

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