Seeds of victory : defeat, triumph, and the American way of war /
"Through discussion of historical battles and leaders, James Ellman describes how the history of the United States at war, from the American Revolution through Korea, is the story of tenacity in the wake of defeat, of flexibility and adaptability on the path to victory"-- Provided by publi...
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Essex, Connecticut :
Stackpole Books,
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- From the Battle of Long Island to the Counterattack at Trenton and Princeton
- The Fall of Savanah and Charles Town to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse
- From the Failed Invasion of Canada to the Battles of Lake Erie and the Thames
- The Rout at First Bull Run to the Critical Victory at Antietam
- Disaster at Pearl Harbor to Victory at Midway
- The Fall of Luzon to the Siege of Buna-Gona
- Black Thursday over Schweinfurt to Bombing the "Big B"
- From the Double Defeat on the Chongchon to the Recovery of Seoul
- Losing The War but Perhaps Winning the Fight : Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.