Against All Odds. Dramatic Last Stand Actions

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Casell
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition: Reprint

Description: 224 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. Stories Of Thirteen Dramatic Military Confrontations Where The Few Fought Against The Many And Against All Odds Achieved Unbelievable Success.

Publishers Description: What fierce motivation drives warriors to commit themselves to a last stand against a more powerful and better-armed enemy? The reasons are countless: anger, fear, brotherhood, personal glory, and survival. These 13 examples of persistence against incredible odds come from two centuries worth of combat in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. Follow glorious battles from Napoleon and Wellington at Hougoumont to the bloody Civil War battle at Antietam to Pork Chop Hill in Korea.

ISBN: 9780304354566