The author of Guinness's two books of military blunders from all periods of history presents a corresponding survey of naval incompetence, focusing on the misjudgements and oversights of captains,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I got this book as a present, and I'm glad that I did. The writer mixes in British and non-British (though naturally there are more of the former), and manages to entertain as well as inform. His rather wry descriptions of disasters are good fun to read, as well as presenting good information about the subject. Thoroughly recommended.
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