Against all odds! : more dramatic last stand actions

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Title:

Author:

Perrett, Bryan.

ISBN:

9780304354566

Personal Author:

Perrett, Bryan.

Edition:

Cassell military pbk. ed

Publication Information:

London : Brockhampton Press, 2000.

Physical Description:

224 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans, ports. ; 25 cm.

General Note:

Originally published: London : Arms & Armour, c1995.

Contents:

The defence of Hougoumont -- 'An old dilapidated ruined fort' - Jellalabad, 1841 -- The bloodiest day : Antietam (Sharpsburg), 17 September 1862 -- Captain Fetterman's disobedience -- Stricken Field : Maiwand, 27 July 1880 -- The place of stones : Mafeking, October 1899 - May 1900 -- Boxers and Bannermen : the Siege of the Peking Legations, June - August 1900 -- The Lost Battalion : the Argonne Forest, 2 - 7 October 1918 -- A fondness for the bayonet : 2nd Hampshires at Tebourba Tunisia, 30 November - 3 December 1942 -- The defence of Kohim, 6 - 18 April 1944 -- Hinge of victory : the defence of Mortain, 7 - 12 August 1944 -- Bloodbath on Sulphur Island : Iwo Jima, February - March 1945 -- Pork Chop Hill : Korea, 16 - 18 April 1953.

Subject Term:

Battles.

Military history, Modern.

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/orion051/2001409562.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ste021/2001409562.html

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Summary

From the Napoleonic Wars to Korea, Bryan Perrett has found a further 13 dramatic military actions where a few fought against many, often with unbelievable success. The events take place in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America; they are linked only by the bravery and devilment which led military men to risk their lives for a last ditch attempt to advance their cause. Attending to the important facts and statistics required by the military historian, the author avoids invention and undue surmise whilst also avoiding the dry lecturing style found in so many volumes describing military strategy. The result is an absorbing, exciting and above all accurate account of astonishing battlefield warfare: narrative history of the sort at which Bryan Perrett excels.