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Scapegoats: Thirteen Victims of Military Injustice [Kõva köide]

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  • Formaat: Hardback, 336 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 236x150x33 mm, kaal: 544 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 08-Sep-2015
  • Kirjastus: Skyhorse Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1632204827
  • ISBN-13: 9781632204820
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 336 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 236x150x33 mm, kaal: 544 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 08-Sep-2015
  • Kirjastus: Skyhorse Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1632204827
  • ISBN-13: 9781632204820
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Collects stories of military injustice throughout history that led to shame, dishonor, or death, including the failure of Pickett's Charge in 1863, the Dreyfus affair in 1895, and the Rwanda massacres of 1994.

Foreword ix
Magnus Linklater
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction 1(6)
1 Captain Jahleel Brenton Carey
7(20)
The Killing of the Prince Imperial
June 1879
2 Captain Charles McVay
27(20)
The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
July 1945
3 Admiral John Byng
47(21)
`Pour encourager les autres'
March 1757
4 Captain Alfred Dreyfus
68(22)
J'accuse
October 1894
5 Lieutenant General James `Pete' Longstreet
90(25)
The `Old War Horse' of Gettysburg
July 1863
6 Lance Corporal Robert Jesse Short
115(19)
Mutiny at Etaples
October 1917
7 Major General Jackie Smyth VC MC
134(27)
Disaster of the Sittang Bridge
February 1942
8 Lieutenant General Sir Charles Warren GCMG KCB
161(24)
`Scapegoat-in-Chief of the Army in South Africa'
January 1900
9 Brigadier George Taylor DSO and Bar
185(24)
The Battle of Maryang San
October 1951
10 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan
209(25)
Scapegoat of the Peninsula
July 1811
11 Marquis Joseph Francois Dupleix
234(23)
Nawab of the Carnatic
August 1754
12 Lieutenant General David `Dado' Elazar
257(25)
Atonement
October 1973
13 Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire OC CMM GOQ MSC CD
282(23)
Massacre in Rwanda
April 1994
Epilogue 305(1)
Sources 306(6)
Picture Credits 312(1)
Index 313