Research Catalog

Title

Fallen stars : eleven studies of twentieth century military disasters / edited by Brian Bond.

Publication

London ; Washington : Brassey's (UK) ; Riverside, N.J., USA : Macmillan [distributor], 1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

Bond, Brian.

Description

vii, 264 pages : maps; 24 cm

Subjects

• Military art and science
• Geschichte 1914
• 1900-talet
• 1900-1999
• World War > (1914-1918)
• World War > (1939-1945)
• History
• Andra världskriget 1939-1945
• Första världskriget 1914-1918
• Katastrofer
• Militärhistoria
• Military art and science > 20th century
• World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns
• Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
• Weltkrieg > 1914-1918
• Military campaigns
• Military art and science > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN

• 008040717X
• 9780080407173

LCCN

91042981

OCLC

• ocm25050863
• 25050863
• SCSB-9041195

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library