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Title Fallen stars : eleven studies of twentieth century military disasters / edited by Brian Bond
Edition First edition
Published London ; Washington : Brassey's (UK) ; Riverside, N.J., USA : Macmillan [distributor], 1991

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Description vii, 264 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Contents Alexander Samsonov and the Battle of Tannenberg, 1914 / Richard W. Harrison -- Sir Ian hamilton and the Dardanelles, 1915 / John Lee -- Robert Nivelle and the French spring offensive, 1917 / Anthony Clayton -- Sir Hubert Hough and the German breakthrough, 1918 / Anthony Farrar-Hockley -- Sir Percy Hobart : eclipse and revival of an armoured commander, 1939-45 / J. Paul Harris -- Maurice Gamelin and the defeat of France, 1939-40 / Martin S. Alexander -- Sir Edmund Ironside : the fate of Churchill's first general 1939-40 / Wesley K. Wark -- Douglas MacArthur and the fall of the Philippines, 1941-42 / Duncan Anderson -- John Lucas and Anzio, 1944 / Julian Thompson ; Mutaguchi Renya and the invasion of India, 1944 / Louis Allen -- Gerd von Rundstedt, 1939-45 / Charles Messenger
Analysis Military operations Strategy History
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Military art and science -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
Author Bond, Brian.
LC no. 91042981
ISBN 008040717X