How to lose a war at sea : foolish plans and great naval blunders
2013
Book
From the Spanish Armada to the modern age of aircraft carriers, history is littered with horribly bad military ideas on the open seas. Whether a result of lack of planning, miscalculations, a leader's ego, spy infiltration, or just a really stupid idea in the first place, each military defeat is fascinating to dissect.
Main title:
How to lose a war at sea : foolish plans and great naval blunders / edited by Bill Fawcett.
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York : William Morrow & Co, 2013.©2013.
Collation:
xii, 349 pages ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Partial contents: Machine generated contents note: America's Greatest Naval Victory? Battle of the Chesapeake, September 1781 -- The Shoals of Tripoli The Philadelphia and the First Barbary War, 1803 -- Nelson's Masterpieces The Nile and Trafalgar, 1798 and 1805 -- Remember the Maine! Naval Battle of Santiago, July 3, 1898 -- Tsushima Japan vs. Russia, 1905 -- Catch Me if You Can Flight of the Goeben, July-August 1914 -- A Beach Too Far Gallipoli, October 1914-January 1916 -- Decision by Indecision The Battle of Jutland, 1916 -- The Oddly Anachronistic Voyage of Admiral Graf Spee November 1939 -- This Is No Drill! Air Raid Taranto, November 11, 1940 -- British Drama, Italian Comedy Battle of Cape Matapan, March 1941 -- When a Short War Turns Long The Life and Death of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Air Service, 1941-1945 -- Sink the Bismarck! North Atlantic, March 1941 -- The Valiant and Violent Story of the ABDA Fleet Pacific, February 1942 -- "Scratch One Flattop" Coral Sea Pacific, May 1942 --
ISBN:
0062069098 (paperback)9780062069092 (paperback)
Dewey class:
359.009
Language:
English
BRN:
1379
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Society | SOCIETY 359.009 HOW | Available |