The Army times book of great land battles from the Civil War to the Gulf War

From the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg to the Gulf War's brilliantly orchestrated, 100-hour AirLand Battle, award-winning Army historian Colonel J.D. Morelock brings a lifetime of research and military experience to fourteen in-depth accounts of the world's most important battles....

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Main Author: Morelock, J.D. 1946-
Other Authors: Boyne, Walter J. 1929-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Berkley Books 1994
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245 1 4 |a The Army times book of great land battles  |b from the Civil War to the Gulf War  |c J.D. Morelock ; edited by Walter J. Boyne 
260 |a New York  |b Berkley Books  |c 1994 
300 |a xv, 331 p., [32] p. of plates  |b ill., maps  |c 24 cm 
500 |a Includes index 
505 0 |a One: The American Civil War, 1861-1865, Gettysburg and Chickamauga -- Two: The Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, The Battle of Sudan -- Three: The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, The Battle of Port Arthur -- Four: The First World War, 1914-1918, Tannenburg, Verdun, Meuse-Argonne -- Five: The Second World War, 1939-1945, Stalingrad, Battle of the Bulge, Okinawa -- Six: The Korean War, 1950-1953, Naktong to Yalu: The Battle to Save Korea, 1950 -- Seven: The First Indochina War, 1946-1954, The Battle of Dien Bien Phu -- Eight: The Yom Kippur War, October 1973, Battles of the Sinai and Golan Heights -- Nine: The Gulf War, 1991, The 100-Hour Airland Battle. the Sinai and Golan Heights. 
520 |a From the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg to the Gulf War's brilliantly orchestrated, 100-hour AirLand Battle, award-winning Army historian Colonel J.D. Morelock brings a lifetime of research and military experience to fourteen in-depth accounts of the world's most important battles. With rare insight and "you are there" immediacy, he captures the drama and excitement of each confrontation--from the vast historical perspective of global events, to the ever-changing developments in strategy, weaponry and technology, to the personal contributions of commanders and soldiers whose individual stories of courage reveal the human side of war. An invaluable addition to every military library. 
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