Major Blunders of The Second World War
New Insights into Mistakes and their Consequences
$33.87
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
4 June 2025
Summary
A mistake is an error of judgement, a blunder is a mistake caused by carelessness or ignorance, implying incompetence. Blunders are not always the result of incompetence; a chess player may give a critical piece away being distracted by noise, but in war it results in death with serious repercussions. This book explores such errors during the Second World War, some hardly known, a few contentious, many embarrassing.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923300569 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923300563 |
| Author: | Andrew Sangster |
| Publisher: | Big Sky Publishing |
| Imprint: | Big Sky Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 4 June 2025 |
| Dimensions: | 5842mm x 3886mm |
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About The Author
Andrew Sangster
Andrew Sangster has six degrees, in Law and Theology and four in history including his doctorate. An ordained priest, he has trespassed away from the Church to teaching and the study of history. He has taught in grammar schools and at Eton College, was a headmaster for some nine years and has assisted post-graduate students of history. He has more than twenty published history books both in the United Kingdom and overseas with some co-authored with Pier Paolo Battistelli, the well-known Italian historian. When not called for Church duties he studies the lesser-known aspects of modern history and plays chess for relaxation.
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