Military History's Top 10 Lists

by BROOKS, M. EVANS

• ISBN13: 9780517221747
• ISBN10: 0517221748
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Gramercy

Summary

This insightful and entertaining volume chronicles 700 of the most outlandish commanders, battles and accomplishments in military history, covering the wars, the personalities, the literature and the media, and miscellaneous facts from ancient times to the present. Its seventy top ten lists include warfare's top ten winners, losers, traitors, entertainers, war novels and movies. Military historians, buffs, and enthusiasts will enjoy this often irreverent look at the profession of arms, by an author with over thirty years of service in the U. s. Army and National Guard. Includes 15 black and white photographs.

Table of Contents

Photographs	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Preface	1	(2)
PERSONALITIES	3	(178)
The Great Captains of History	5	(7)
The Great Admirals of History	12	(6)
The Distaff Side of Command: Female Combat Leaders	18	(5)
Commanding Officers (Old)	23	(4)
Commanding Officers (Young)	27	(4)
Disabled Commanders: The Sick, Lame, but Not Lazy	31	(4)
Guerrillas	35	(4)
Mercenaries	39	(5)
Overrated Commanders	44	(12)
Underrated Commanders	56	(6)
Incompetent Commanders	62	(7)
Commanders Blinded by Their Own Ego	69	(8)
Military Nicknames	77	(4)
Don't Ask, We'll Tell: Commanders of Dubious Sexual Proclivities	81	(4)
Amateur Commanders	85	(5)
Ivy League Graduates	90	(4)
Educators	94	(4)
General Officers for Both Sides	98	(5)
Traitors	103	(5)
Collaborators	108	(5)
Wretched Refuse: Generals in Exile	113	(4)
Murder (and Death) Most Foul	117	(5)
Friendly Fire Casualties and Collateral Damage	122	(4)
Military Commanders as Specific Targets	126	(4)
Biblical Commanders	130	(6)
Native American Commanders	136	(3)
Senior Flag Officers of the United States	139	(3)
Marshal-Generals of France	142	(3)
Air Aces	145	(3)
Submarine Aces	148	(3)
Military Chaplains	151	(5)
Camp Followers and Mistresses	156	(4)
Hollywood Actors	160	(4)
Military Theorists	164	(4)
The Greatest Command Staff in History	168	(7)
Literary Soldiers	175	(3)
War Correspondents	178	(3)
BATTLES AND MANEUVERS	181	(74)
Decisive Battles	183	(5)
Decisive Naval Battles	188	(4)
Lopsided Victories: More than 30,000 Casualties	192	(5)
Lopsided Victories: Fewer than 30,000 Casualties	197	(5)
Military Upsets	202	(6)
Airborne Operations	208	(4)
Amphibious Operations	212	(4)
Last Stands	216	(4)
Massacres (World)	220	(5)
Massacres (United States)	225	(4)
Mutinies	229	(5)
Raids	234	(4)
Sieges	238	(5)
Retrograde Operations	243	(4)
Revolutions	247	(4)
Civil Wars	251	(4)
LITERATURE AND ENTERTAINMENT	255	(54)
War Movies: Operational	257	(3)
War Movies: Nonoperational	260	(4)
War Movies: Testosterone	264	(4)
War Movies: Estrogen	268	(3)
Television Shows	271	(4)
Music: Classical Compositions	275	(3)
Music: Popular Compositions	278	(3)
Entertainers	281	(4)
The Basic Military Library	285	(4)
Memoirs	289	(4)
War Novels	293	(4)
Military Fiction Series	297	(3)
Military Science Fiction	300	(3)
War Games: Paper	303	(3)
War Games: Computer	306	(3)
MISCELLANEOUS	309	(40)
Debunking Military Myths	311	(6)
Revolution in Military Affairs	317	(4)
Elite Troop Formations	321	(3)
Horses	324	(2)
Cavalry Charges	326	(5)
Battle Cries	331	(4)
Prisoner-of-War Camps	335	(4)
Military Clothing	339	(3)
Courts-Martial	342	(7)
Bibliography	349	(12)
Index	361