The 100 worst military disasters in history / John T. Kuehn with David W. Holden.

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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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kuehn, John T. (Author)
Holden, David W. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2020]
Subjects:
Battles.
Military history.
Physical Description:xi, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
One hundred worst military disasters in history
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I. Ancient Military Disasters
  • 1. Megiddo
  • 2. Marathon
  • 3. Salamis
  • 4. Syracuse Expedition
  • 5. Gaugamela
  • 6. Chang-Ping
  • 7. Cannae
  • 8. Zama
  • 9. Pharsalus
  • 10. Teutoburg Forest
  • 11. Adrianople
  • 12. Catalaunian Plains
  • 13. Yarmouk
  • 14. Baekgang
  • Part II. Medieval Military Disasters
  • 15. Tours
  • 16. Hastings
  • 17. Hattin
  • 18. Kamikaze: The Second Mongol Invasion of Japan
  • 19. Lake Boyang
  • 20. Grünwald
  • 21. Agincourt
  • 22. Bosworth Field
  • Part III. Military Disasters from the Early Modern Period
  • 23. The Conquest of the Aztecs
  • 24. Lepanto
  • 25. The Spanish Armada
  • 26. Pyongyang
  • 27. Sekigahara
  • 28. The Sack of Magdeburg
  • 29. Breitenfeld
  • 30. Nördlingen
  • 31. Naseby
  • 32. Rocroi
  • 33. Ramillies
  • 34. Poltava
  • 35. Rossbach
  • 36. Quebec
  • 37. Kunersdorf
  • 38. Quiberon Bay
  • 39. The Siege of Pondicherry
  • 40. Yorktown Campaign
  • 41. Rivoli
  • 42. The Nile
  • 43. Second Battle of Zürich
  • Part IV. Nineteenth-Century Military Disasters
  • 44. Trafalgar
  • 45. Jena-Auerstedt
  • 46. Tippecanoe
  • 47. Leipzig
  • 48. The Alamo
  • 49. San Jacinto
  • 50. Siege of Nanjing
  • 51. The Capture of New Orleans
  • 52. The Vicksburg Campaign
  • 53. Koeniggratz
  • 54. Sedan
  • 55. Battle of the Little Bighorn
  • 56. Isandlwana
  • 57. The Yalu
  • 58. Manila Bay
  • Part VI. Recent Military Disasters
  • 59. Tsushima Strait
  • 60. Tannenberg
  • 61. The Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive
  • 62. Verdun
  • 63. Battle of the Somme
  • 64. German U-Boat Offensive in World War I
  • 65. Caporetto
  • 66. Shanghai
  • 67. Nomonhan
  • 68. France 1940
  • 69. The Battle of Britain
  • 70. Crete
  • 71. Pearl Harbor
  • 72. Wake Island
  • 73. Singapore
  • 74. Bataan
  • 75. Midway
  • 76. The Destruction of PQ-17
  • 77. The Dieppe Raid
  • 78. El Alamein
  • 79. Operation Torch
  • 80. Guadalcanal
  • 81. Kursk (Operation Citadel)
  • 82. Ploesti Raid (Operation Tidal Wave)
  • 83. The Second Schweinfurt Raid
  • 84. Normandy Landings
  • 85. The Philippine Sea
  • 86. Imphal and Kohima
  • 87. Operation Bagration
  • 88. The Falaise Pocket
  • 89. Battle of Arnhem
  • 90. Operation Bodenplatte
  • 91. Battle of Osan
  • 92. Chinese Intervention
  • 93. Battle of Dien Bien Phu
  • 94. Ap Bac
  • 95. The Six-Day War (1967 Arab-Israeli War)
  • 96. The Tet Offensive
  • 97. Lam Son 719
  • 98. 1973 Arab-Israeli War-Sinai (Yom Kippur War)
  • 99. Iran-Iraq War: The First Gulf War
  • 100. Iraqi Freedom.