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Lost Victories The Military Genius of Stonewall Jackson (Unabridged)
Bevin Alexander

Recorded Books, Inc, 1994

Unabridged 8 Cassettes/11 Hours Runger does a top notch job reading this book on tape.

Korea: The First War We Lost

7 reviews
Alexander Bevin

Hippocrene Books, 1993

A seminal contribution to American military studies
In a newly revised edition, Bevin Alexander's Korea: The First War We Lost continues to be an exhaustive, scholarly exploration of the causes and effects of American involvement in the Korean War. Alexander, a combat historian during the Korean War and commander of the 5th Historical Detachment, points out the U.S. succeeded in stopping North Korean aggression, but failed in its attempt to ...

How the South Could Have Won the Civil War: The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat

9 reviews
Bevin Alexander

Three Rivers Press, 2008

A formidable piece of scholarship
Bevin Alexander's new book, HOW THE SOUTH COULD HAVE WON THE CIVIL WAR, is an analysis of the errors and missed opportunities that led to Union victory. There were plenty of mistakes in the Civil War on both sides, as you might expect from a war in which the majority of the generals were appointed for political reasons. The entire catalogue of the early history of the Army of the Potomac is ...

How Great Generals Win

13 reviews
Bevin Alexander

W. W. Norton & Company, 2002

A solid book on why good generals are good...
Why do some generals do better than others? Bevin Alexander takes some of the great generals out of history and examines why they did so well. The author tries to point out the common traits and tactics each general shared. The selection of generals is interesting - Jackson and Sherman are picked over Lee and Grant. But Mr. Alexander is also willing to point out some of the bad choices ...

Lost Victories: The Military Genius of Stonewall Jackson

13 reviews
Bevin Alexander

Hippocrene Books, 2004

Superb
This book clearly and accurately details the genius of Stonewall Jackson. Alexander's conclusions are not really all that mind-bending, and quite resonable when further examination is done. He is hard on Lee, but only as pertaining to Jackson. All-in-all, a book that is anything but conventional, but remarkable in it's logic.

Robert E. Lee's Civil War

20 reviews
Bevin Alexander

Adams Media, 1999

Lee Revealed
I am not a military historian nor a civil war specialist, but am an avid reader, have read Foote's books recently and have read many more books on the Civil War ove the years. This book goes into great detail discussing the military and strategy mistakes Lee made, crucial to the war's final outcome. It is not a Lee-bashing book, but puts him in perspective, contradicting the traditional "he can ...

How Hitler Could Have Won World War II
Bevin Alexander

W.S. Konecky, 2006

With an acute eye for detail and his use of clear prose, acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander explores for the first time just how close the Allies were to losing the war. Alexander's harrowing study shows how only minor tactical changes in Hitler's military approach could have changed the world we live in.

Man's Book of Spirit: Da (Daily Meditations)

2 reviews
Bevin Alexander, William M. Alexander Jr

Harper Perennial, 1994

Positive daily guide to see oneself as a spiritual man today
As today's men have found a need to change spiritual self-definition and personal self-valuation we have sought just such a work as Bill Alexander's. This book is a daily mirror as useful as that into which we gaze to shave. Opened and read at any page anytime, a rewarding "aha!" of new perception, or a redirected thought toward personal spiritual self-reappraisal results. The author's own ...

How Wars Are Won: The 13 Rules of War from Ancient Greece to the War on Terror

8 reviews
Bevin Alexander

Three Rivers Press, 2003

Winning With Indirect Methods
Noted Military Historian Bevin Alexander's latest effort represents an expansion of BH Liddell Hart's work. In his classic text on strategy, Liddell Hart differentiates between direct and indirect methods of warfare, and finds the latter to be by far the more successful approach. Liddell Hart does not examine different types of indirect action, however, and this is where Alexander's work comes ...

How Hitler Could Have Won World War II: The Fatal Errors That Led to Nazi Defeat

37 reviews
Bevin Alexander

Three Rivers Press, 2001

The Greatest Mistakes in WW2, is a more proper title
I understand the name of Adolf Hitler functions like a magnet in book titles and unfortunately in this case it is employed most likely for the same reason. The proper title should be - and is somewhat given in the subtitle - "Mistakes made by the Allies and Axis in WW2", since Alexander professionally - he's a military historian, a Korean War veteran - examines not only Hitler's faulty decisions, ...

The Strange Connection: U.S. Intervention in China, 1944-1972 (Contributions to the Study of World History)
Bevin Alexander

Greenwood Press, 1992

This book provides an analysis of American intervention in China from World War II to the rapprochement Richard Nixon began in 1972. One of the major themes of the work is that the United States should avoid judging China by Western standards. The United States learned this after twenty-eight years of attempting to impose its own standards of democratic, representative government on China. Alexander also contends that the United States acted ...

Lost Victories
Bevin Alexander

Hippocrene Books, 2004

How Wars Are Won
Bevin Alexander

Random House Inc, 2003

The Future of Warfare

1 review
Bevin Alexander

W. W. Norton & Company, 1995

Good, but shortsighted
This book opens with and excellent explanation of the vital interests of the United States that would result in war. It goes on to discuss the probable near term trends and development in warfare, with historical examples to explain these trends. If your interest is military history and probable near term military developments, this is an excellent book. I have read several of Bevin Alexander's ...

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