It was a small war—probably no more than 2,500 men were ever engaged in a single action, both sides taken together. It was a short war too, lasting only about seven months. And it was fought in what was, at the time, one of the most obscure corners of the earth. Yet the Texas War for Independence has become a heroic conflict of legendary proportions.Very few balanced accounts of Texas's epic struggle for independence have been written. Here historian Albert A. Nofi provides a splendid chronicle of the events and personalities of the war. He clearly explicates the battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto, carefully exploring the legends that have grown around them, and exposing the truth behind the myths. The Alamo offers a strategic and tactical analysis of the war, technical information about the weapons used by both sides, strength and casualty data, orders of battles, information on the financing of Texas freedom, portraits of both Texan and Mexican personalities, and the story of a little-known war at sea. Also included are maps of military movements, the most detailed tactical map of the Battle of San Jacinto available to date, and a number of fascinating illustrations. The Alamo is military history at its best: a social, political, economic, strategic, and tactical examination of the Texas War for Independence, one of the most dramatic episodes of America's colorful past.

The Alamo

History

NOFI, ALBERT A.

Americas

Da Capo Press

"A treasure trove of War of Secession minutiae that will please any buff."--Civil War News A Civil War Treasury does not pretend to be a sweeping historical account of the conflict. Instead, it presents anecdotes of army life and encampments, explanations of logistics and tactics, descriptions of soldiers and citizens, and deeds of honor and infamy. There are profiles of people, regiments, and ships; songs and poems; and serious treatments of particular aspects of the war such as musketry and infantry. Camp recipes are discussed, women soldiers are profiled, military medicine is assessed, and an invaluable bibliography and resource guide is appended. The object of A Civil War Treasury is to provide a deeper understanding of the human side of the war as well as its more technical aspects--topics which are frequently neglected in more traditional treatments. Few other books give more fascinating insight into the many facets of the Republic's greatest crisis. The following subject headings are purposefully explored in each chapter: Incidents of War, the Men, the Women, Lincoln, the Units, War and Society, Army Life, War and the Muses.

A Civil War Treasury: Being A Miscellany Of Arms And Artillery, Facts And Figures, Legends And Lore, Muses And Minstrels And Personalities And People

Grand Central Publishing

In one of very few balanced accounts of Texas's epic struggle for independence from Mexico, Albert Nofi provides a splendid chronicle of the events and personalities of the war. He includes readable and accessible maps of military movements and a strategic and tactical analysis of each battle, addressing the extraordinary number of myths that the Alamo has engendered and exposing the truth about a conflict that has taken on legendary proportions.

The Alamo And The Texas War For Independence (Heroes, Myths and History)

Details suppressed or long-forgotten facts about the conflict in Vietnam, including a look at the beginnings of the Navy's Top Gun combat school

Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War

DUNNIGAN, JAMES F.

Military

St.Martin's Press

Waterloo Campaign June 1815

Europe

Publisher

Shooting Blanks: War Making That Doesn't Work

Analyzes recent military failures and locates their causes in faulty intelligence agencies, poor training of officers, wasteful weapons procurement, and other areas, and forecasts the shape of future military efforts

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

William Morrow & Co.

Experts reveal where our tax dollars go when the military takes its bite, and the answers range from the merely absurd to the truly infuriating, from 250-ton laundry ships to B-bombers worth their weight in silver

Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know

Historical entries capture little-known aspects of World War II, exposing the dark, misunderstood, and tragicomic aspects of the war

Dirty Little Secrets of World War II: Military Information No One Told You About the Greatest, Most Terrible War in History

Revealing the importance of deception in ancient and modern warfare in its various guises--surprise, stealth, ambush, camouflage--an analysis by military experts explains how deception has become a media tool and how to recognize it. 20,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo.

Victory and Deceit: Dirty Tricks at War

"Shooting blanks" is what happens when the troops are called out and the results are not what was expected. The authors, distinguished defense analysts, look closely at all aspects of war-making--from officer training and weapons procurement to intelligence gathering and the relationship between "bullets and ballots"--and deliver a startling, timely clarion call that concerned citizens can't afford to ignore.

Quill

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The Alamo

A Civil War Treasury: Being A Miscellany Of Arms And Artillery, Facts And Figures, Legends And Lore, Muses And Minstrels And Personalities And People

The Alamo And The Texas War For Independence (Heroes, Myths and History)

Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War

Waterloo Campaign June 1815

Shooting Blanks: War Making That Doesn't Work

Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know

Dirty Little Secrets of World War II: Military Information No One Told You About the Greatest, Most Terrible War in History

Victory and Deceit: Dirty Tricks at War

Shooting Blanks: War Making That Doesn't Work