Military Blunders: The How and Why of Military Failure

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, such military disasters as Custer's Last Stand, Hitler's Stalingrad, the Second Crusade, the Battle of Antietam, the Somme Offensive, and the Fall of Singapore make for fascinating, appalling reading in the hands of military historian David Saul. Whether exposing incompetent officers, interfering politicians, or general ineptitude, Military Blunders provides both vivid narrative and in-depth analyses of how armed forces defeat themselves.