Custer's wasn't the only one! A "last stand" remains one of the most compelling wartime scenarios, where outnumbered warriors fight on, hoping to defy the odds and win the day. This best-selling collection gathers 13 examples of such battles, which often influence entire campaigns. Alongside less well-known cases, appear some of the most important and unforgettable campaigns ever: Napoleon at Waterloo, the Alamo, Little Big Horn, Rorke's Drift, and Arnhem Bridge. "Seat of the pants" fighting produces "edge of the seat" for armchair historians, military buffs, and anyone who relishes stories of amazing battlefield action. 240 pages, 35 b/w illus., 5 x 7 3/4.
- ISBN10 0853689970
- ISBN13 9780853689973
- Publish Date 21 March 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 January 1993
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld Military
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English