This book offers a compelling narrative history of 21 tragic episodes in American history--all involving firearms, heroes, and the ongoing public fascination with guns and gunfighters.
This book offers a compelling narrative history of 21 tragic episodes in American history--all involving firearms, heroes, and the ongoing public fasc...
"A bull's eye performance."-Publishers Weekly "Unique and thought-provoking."-The Historian A noted historian and master storyteller explores the costly, often calamitous -effects of victories gained by brilliant military commanders in fourteen historical -battles-from Hannibal at Cannae to Bunker Hill, Sarajevo, Pearl Harbor, and the Tet Offensive in Vietnam.
"A bull's eye performance."-Publishers Weekly "Unique and thought-provoking."-The Historian A noted historian and master storyteller explores the cost...