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Military Mayhem - 2500 Years of Soldierly Sleaze and Scandal

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: General Military - World War II

Last Stocked on 6/21/2020

Product Info

Title
Military Mayhem - 2500 Years of Soldierly Sleaze and Scandal
Publisher
Category
Author
Terry Crowdy
Publish Year
2010
Pages
320
Dimensions
5x7.25x.9"
NKG Part #
2147435828
MFG. Part #
OSPGM063
Type
Softcover

Description

Bungled cover-ups, acts of blinding incompetence, miscarriages of justice, sexual escapades, and downright stupidity - have all helped to make the world's armed forces the much loved institutions they are today. Take an irreverent look at the public outcries and scandals that governments and soldiers would rather we forgot. From Julius Caesar's sex life and the frolics of Charles d'Éon, the fearless dragoon and noted transvestite to the sinking of the Kursk, Terry Crowdy delves into the darker reaches of military, vice and slip-ups. Packed with more than 70 mishaps, open this book and step back in time to see how corruption, bigotry, lust, vanity, incompetence and the occasional bout of insanity have colored military history across the centuries.