The Alamo And The Texas War For Independence
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 ha…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7867-3141-1
- EAN: 9780786731411
- Produktnummer: 22912913
- Verlag: Hachette Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 238 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'007 KB
Über den Autor
Albert A. Nofi has a Ph.D. in Military History from the City University of New York and was associate editor for many years of the groundbreaking military journal Strategy and Tactics. He was a founder of wargaming, the conflict simulation system used both by hobbyists and military planners. Dr. Nofi has written numerous books and articles on military history and was a news media military commentator during the Persian Gulf War. He is also the author of The Gettysburg Campaign and The Waterloo Campaign.
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