Last Stand! Famous Battles Against the Odds (Cassell Military Classics)
Couldn't load pickup availability
About this book
Last Stand! Famous Battles Against the Odds (Cassell Military Classics) by Perrett, Bryan. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780304350551.
Custers wasnt the only one! A "last stand" remains one of the most compelling wartime scenarios, where outnumbered warriors fight on, hoping to defy the odds and win the day. This best-selling collection gathers 13 examples of such battles, which often influence entire campaigns. Alongside less well-known cases, appear some of the most unforgettable campaigns: Napoleon at Waterloo, the Alamo, Little Big Horn, Rorkes Drift, and Arnhem Bridge. "...part of the...Cassell Military Classics series...hair-raising stories of military skirmishes throughout history."--Library Journal.
