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This book offers one of the first comprehensive academic views on
Just Cause, the December 1989 U.S. military intervention in Panama.
It presents excellent positions for the reader to consider and give
a comprehensive view of all of the factors and events that prompted
the operation.
This book offers one of the first comprehensive academic views on
Just Cause, the December 1989 U.S. military intervention in Panama.
It presents excellent positions for the reader to consider and give
a comprehensive view of all of the factors and events that prompted
the operation.
It is early September 1942 and the German commander of the Sixth
Army, General Paulus, assisted by the Fourth Panzer Army, is poised
to advance on the Russian city of Stalingrad. His primary mission
was to take the city, crushing this crucial centre of communication
and manufacturing, and to secure the valuable oil fields in the
Caucasus. What happens next is well known to any student of modern
history: a brutal war of attrition, characterised by fierce
hand-to-hand combat, that lasted for nearly two years, and the
eventual victory by a resolute Soviet Red Army. A ravaged German
Army was pushed into full retreat. This was the first crucial
defeat of Hitler's territorial ambitions in Europe and a marked a
critical turning point in the Second World War. But the outcome
could have been very different, as Peter Tsouras demonstrates in
this thought-provoking and highly readable alternate history of the
fateful battle. By introducing minor but realistic' adjustments, he
presents a scenario in which the course of the battle runs quite
differently - which in turn sets in motion new and unexpected
possibilities for the outcome of the entire war. Cleverly conceived
and expertly executed, this is alternate history at its best.
_'A massive compilation casting light not only upon the pain,
suffering and sheer insanity of war, but also upon the unique
comradeship and exhilaration of battle... this is a valuable
addition to the literature of reference.'_ - The Spectator Peter
Tsouras brings 4,000 years of military history to life through the
words of more than 800 soldiers, commanders, military theorists and
commentators on war. Quotes by diverse personalities - Napoleon,
Machiavelli, Atat rk, 'Che' Guevara, Rommel, Julius Caesar,
Wellington, Xenophon, Crazy Horse, Wallenstein, T.E. Lawrence,
Saladin, Zhukov, Eisenhower and many more - sit side by side to
build a comprehensive picture of war across the ages. Broken down
into more then 480 categories, covering courage, danger, failure,
leadership, luck, military intelligence, tactics, training,
guerrilla warfare and victory, this definitive guide draws on the
collected wisdom of those who have experienced war at every level.
From the brutality and suffering of war, to the courage and
camaraderie of soldiers, to the glory and exhilaration of battle,
these quotes offer an insight into the turbulent history of warfare
and the lives and deeds of great warriors.
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