Desert Battles: From Napoleon to the Gulf War

by Bruce Allen Watson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811733807
• ISBN13: 9780811733809
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"