Discover Days Of Infamy: Military Blunders Of The 20th Century Engineered By Michael Coffey Published As Paper Edition

book about a few military blunders occurring in theth century, Coffey picked a representative few of the many blunders that occurred in theth century, I believe he could have given more detail regarding each of the mistakes that he decided to concentrate in his work, Decent book, not one I would highly recommend but definitely would suggest anyone concerned with military history should peruse this work, . . Interesante obra sobre los equivocaciones estratégicas cometidas en la segunda guerra mundial por todos los bandos en las que detalla de manera bastante exacta los efectivos con los que contaba cada grupo y el número de bajas que sufrían en cada enfrentamiento así como las causas de la derrota en cada conflicto.


Si te gustan la estrategia militar este es un libro que te gustará, Mistakes. None of us like to make them all of us have suffered the consequences of some of our bigger ones, Maybe weve even found some benefit that might not have occurred had it not been for our mistakes, But what happens when militaries around the world make mistakes Thats what Michael Coffey looks at in this highly entertaining, highly readable book about military blunders of theth century.
Some of these were memorable and new to me,

Is it possible that a world war began because a chauffeur took a wrong turn Seems incredible and over simplified, but its possible that an assassins bullet would never have found Duke Ferdinand inhad his driver not inadvertently taken a wrong turn while driving him to a hospital.


Youll be intrigued by some of the military mistakes that resulted in unexpected outcomes, The book looks at Hitlers obsession with defeating Russia and how that obsession contributed to his downfall, Douglas McArthur was positive the Chinese were bluffing when they warned against American troop movement past a certain point during the Korean War, They werent bluffing. Youll painfully relive thedebacle in the desert when the U, S. military lost lives and equipment while trying to rescue hostages from Iran, Youll read about Saddam Husseins underestimation of the Arab world when he invaded Kuwait, and the Saudis welcomed American troops to airbases in their country,

The book chronicles Kennedys disaster at the Bay of Pigs, and it focuses on a much lesser known to me at leastair accident over Spain that forced bombers to release four nuclear bombs.
The United States eventually recovered the bombs, but it lost some serious prestige in the process,

Thats just a random sample of some of the military mistakes of theth century the author includes, The vignettes are short, so if you get fatigued reading about the mistakes of others, you can dip in and out of this,
Interesante, me gustaron y sorprendieron algunas historias, We seem to have more books these days about how we are not as perfect and invincible as we thought we were, This is about our military blunders, Which reminds me of the tshirts I see around town that show the American flag with the caption "These colors don't run", Well, they have and they do, We have run from Vietnam and Beirut and lots of other ill advised adventures, One must always honor the courage of soldiers but one must also deeply question those who give them orders, Weak poshoc analysis of wartime decisions, I read about half of this and got tired, I mean I like it and everything but it does get old, I'll get back to it eventually, Why was the Lusitania, while on a pleasure cruise, torpedoed by a German Uboat What possessed Hitler to declare war on the United States Peppered with details of the causes and effects of great blunders, Days of Infamy includes gripping tales of mayhem and destruction made even more resonant by the realization that it was often simple human error that irrevocably changed the course of modern history.
With an introduction by legendary broadcaster Mike Wallace, this book is the official companion volume to the riveting History Channelpart documentary series, Recently reread this as it has been quite a few years since I last read it in my early teens, Being that it is a companion book to the History Channel documentary series of the same name that aired in the lates, it's quite readable, About a halfdozen pages dedicated to each blunder that follows the narration scripts from the series somewhat faithfully depending on which blunder it is, As a history book though, it's not bad but it it's not great either, Michael Coffey received his B, A. in English at the University of Notre Dame and an M, A. from Leeds University in Anglo Irish Literature, Former co editorial director at Publishers Weekly, he has published three books of poems, a collection of

short stories, a book about baseballs perfect games, and co edited a book about Irish immigration to America.
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