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Bungled cover-ups, acts of blinding incompetence, miscarriages of justice, sexual escapades, and downright stupidity have all helped to make the world's armed forces the much loved institutions they are today. Take an irreverent look at the public outcries and scandals that governments and soldiers would rather we forgot. From Julius Caesar's sex life and the frolics of Charles d'Éon, the fearless dragoon and noted transvestite to the sinking of the Kursk, Terry Crowdy delves into the darker reaches of military, vice and slip-ups. Packed with more than 70 mishaps, open this book and step back in time to see how corruption, bigotry, lust, vanity, incompetence and the occasional bout of insanity have coloured military history across the centuries.
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"Read this book and see how corruption, lust, vanity, adultery, draft dodging, bigotry, drug taking and incompetence have painted a somewhat colorful picture of the military over the centuries." -www.mataka.org (October 2010)
..".readers will find [this] an enjoyable and titillating read that goes where most military histories won't go." -"Brutarian ""
...readers will find [this] an enjoyable and titillating read that goes where most military histories won't go. "Brutarian"
Read this book and see how corruption, lust, vanity, adultery, draft dodging, bigotry, drug taking and incompetence have painted a somewhat 'colorful' picture of the military over the centuries. "www.mataka.org (October 2010)""
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The perfect stocking filler for the man of the house, this is an entertaining and shocking gift book which reveals the underbelly of military history - the fools, frolics and foul-ups which have dogged the military throughout history.
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- PublisherOsprey Publishing
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1849081476
- ISBN 13 9781849081474
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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