Terence Zuber

Gebundenes Buch

The Mons Myth: A Reassessment of the Battle

Beschreibung

font-size: 10pt">Conventional histories of the battles of Mons and Le Cateau describe how, although the British were massively outnumbered, precise and rapid British rifle fire mowed down rows of German troops. Using German tactics manuals and regimental histories, The Mons Myth describes the battles at Mons and Le Cateau.

Autor

Terence Zuber was an officer in the US Army for twenty years--from 1970 to 1990. Parachute-qualified, he served with the infantry and as a staff officer, and spent eight years conducting counter-intelligence operations against the Stasi, for which he was awarded the Legion of Merit. A history graduate of the University of Minnesota, after leaving the army he went on to gain a doctorate from the the University of Würzburg, and is the author of German War Planning 1891-1914, Inventing the Schlieffen Plan, and The Battle of the Frontiers, as well as numerous articles in History Today, Intelligence & National Security, and War in History. He lives in West Virginia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The History Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 147mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9780752452470
• ISBN-10: 0752452479
• Artikelnr.: 27400239