This insightful and entertaining volume chronicles 700 of the mostoutlandish commanders, battles and accomplishments in military history,covering the wars, the personalities, the literature and the media, andmiscellaneous facts from ancient times to the present. Its seventy top tenlists include warfare's top ten winners, losers, traitors, entertainers,war novels and movies. Military historians, buffs, and enthusiasts willenjoy this often irreverent look at the profession of arms, by an authorwith over thirty years of service in the U. s. Army and National Guard.Includes 15 black and white photographs.