Product Description: Who was responsible for the design of the Admiral Popov, the circular Russian battleship that wouldn't steer straight? Why did Lord Ansonset out to circumnavigate the world with a crew of Chelsea pensioners? And how did the British cruiser HMS Trinidad manage to torpedo itself in the Arctic...read more

Product Description: From ancient times military history has been marked as much by misjudgments and incompetence as by gallantry and glory. Such blunders have sometimes ended in tragedy; sometimes in farce-and sometimes they have ended in triumph, despite all odds...read more

By questioning the 21st century's experts at 'spin doctoring', 'Picking the Bones' reveals, through evidence and historical appraisal, that the myths upon which current political agendas are based are historically dishonest and biased, and honour the past in name only.

Product Description: An account of Britain's national history, with an emphasis on incident, personal experiences and positive virtues rather than technical detail. It is a book that concentrates primarily on the narrative with a "the British usually win" attitude, but if they lose it is done with due heroism...read more

Provides a compelling study of courage on the battlefield, from the ragtag group of volunteers who defeneded the Alamo, to the pivotal bayonet charge of the 20th Maine at Gettysburg, to the U.S. Marines' epic attack on Tarawa. Original.

Identifies the beginnings of the crusades in the seventh century, during which Persia sought to conquer the Byzantine Empire, for which the emperor Heraclius, whose career coincided with the life of the prophet Mohammed, used Christian propaganda to overcome Islam. 10,000 first printing.

Product Description: The bestselling author of Military Blunders and Naval Blunders brings war history buffs more faux-pas from the front lines with a fascinating study of some of the less glorious moments in the history of aerial warfare. Airforce Blunders takes readers on a grand 'tour de farce', from the early abortive attempts at manned flight in the Renaissance period, through two World Wars, the Falklands War and beyond...read more

Product Description: Covering an impressive sweep of history from the days of Alexander the Great to the twentieth century - including Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands and the Gulf War - the author describes friendly fire incidents in detail and examines the causes behind them, which can often be traced to human frailty...read more

An entertaining collection of stories from the battlefields and command tents of history includes stories of the admiral who ordered a lighthouse to change course and the Rhnio that interrupted a battle between British and German troops. Original.

Ranging from classical Greece and Rome to the Cold War era, the author takes readers on a lively tour of historical mishaps and miscalculations, from the Dutch prince who set up his own death to the Romanian dictator who made his dog a colonel in the army. Original. (view table of contents)

A comprehensive study of human warfare spans more than two thousand years of military history as it describes fifty seminal confrontations that had a long-term impact on the course of human history, including the decisive Greek victory over the Persians at ancient Salamis and the Battle of Hastings to key engagements of World War II and Operation Desert Storm. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The bestselling author of Military Blunders and Naval Blunders brings war history buffs more faux-pas from the front lines with a fascinating study of some of the less glorious moments in the history of aerial warfare. Airforce Blunders takes readers on a grand 'tour de farce', from the early abortive attempts at manned flight in the Renaissance period, through two World Wars, the Falklands War and beyond...read more

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. (view table of contents)

Geoffrey Regan presents a fascinating catalog of naval incompetence throughout history, from Roman times to the Gulf War. Crammed with the intriguing and the bizarre and embellished with fifty illustrations, Brassey's Book of Naval Blunders is a serious but entertaining look at the follies and misjudgments-and sometimes the bad luck-of captains, fleet commanders, strategic planners, and ship designers. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This entertaining and enlightening history examines landmark military screw-ups and their consequences, from those that are merely amusing in hindsight to the truly tragic. Twenty-five blunders span 600 years, but focus on episodes from major 19th and 20th century conflicts like the Boer War, World Wars I and II, the Zulu Wars, Indochina, the Tehran hostage crisis, Grenada, and Kosovo...read more

Discusses the geopolitics of Europe and the Middle East at the time of the Third Crusade (view table of contents)