Examines some of history's military blunders, providing background, what happened, and how it went wrong. --Publisher.

Includes maps of: Agincourt Battle.

Introduction -- The battle of stirling bridge -- The battle of Agincourt -- The battle of Flodden field -- The battle of Saratoga -- The battle of Bladensburg -- The battle of New Orleans -- The retreat from Kabul -- The charge of the light brigade -- The battle of Antietam -- The battle of Little Big Horn -- The battle of Isandlwana -- The Gallipoli campaign -- The battle of the Somme -- Defense of the Philippines -- The fall of Singapore -- The battle of Stalingrad -- Operation market garden -- Operation eagle claw.