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Desert Battles: From Napoleon to the Gulf War Paperback - 2006

by Bruce Allen Watson


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Accounts of men at war in some of the world's most hostile environments Surprising and illuminating conclusions about desert warfare Features chapters on: Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798-99The British campaign along India's northwest frontier from 1849 to 1852The Iraq campaign during World War IThe British counterattack against the Italians in North Africa in 1940-41The exploits of Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps in North Africa in 1941The 1973 Yom Kippur WarThe 1991 Gulf WarDesert Battles is a study of the nature of desert warfare with special attention to the evolution of weaponry, the organization of forces, the impact of the desert environment on the ability of those forces to sustain battle, and the influences of the desert on battle tactics

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Mersa Brega, 31 March 1941, 1400 hours. German Stuka divebombers plunged toward the British infantry positions below, their engines filling the sky with a terrible and all-too-familiar scream.

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  • Title Desert Battles: From Napoleon to the Gulf War
  • Author Bruce Allen Watson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA
  • Date December 30, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780811733809 / 0811733807
  • Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.04 x 0.59 in (22.86 x 15.34 x 1.50 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Battles, Desert warfare - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006018316
  • Dewey Decimal Code 355.471

About the author

Bruce Allen Watson is professor emeritus at Diablo Valley College and author of several books.
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