Perry, James M.: Arrogant Armies: Great Military Disasters and the Generals Behind Them John Wiley, New York, 1996. First Edition. Binding: Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size: 9"-10" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; ISBN: 0471119768. ISBN/EAN: 9780471119760. Inventory No: 18548. Partial table of contents: General Edward Braddock and the French and Indian War (1745-1763). British and French Generals and Their Disastrous Efforts to Restore Slavery to Haiti (1791-1804). General Charles MacCarthy and the First Ashanti War (1824). Major General William George Keith Elphinstone and the First Afghan War (1839-1842). Major General Charles Chinese Gordon and the Fall of Khartoum (1884-1885). Major General William R. Shafter and the Spanish-American War (1898). Major General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend and the Mesopotamian Campaign in World War I (1915-1916). Conclusion: American Mini-Disaster in Somalia (1993). Annotated Bibliography. Index.