Bevin Alexander
Auteur van How Hitler Could Have Won World War II: The Fatal Errors That Led to Nazi Defeat
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Bevin Alexander is the author of five books on military history, & his battle studies of the Korean War, written during his decorated service as a combat historian, are stored in the National Archives. He lives in Bremo Bluff, Virginia. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Werken van Bevin Alexander
How Hitler Could Have Won World War II: The Fatal Errors That Led to Nazi Defeat (2000) 304 exemplaren
How Wars Are Won: The 13 Rules of War from Ancient Greece to the War on Terror (2002) 141 exemplaren
How the South Could Have Won the Civil War: The Fatal Errors That Led to Confederate Defeat (2007) 78 exemplaren
Inside the Nazi War Machine: How Three Generals Unleashed Hitler's Blitzkrieg Upon the World (2010) 72 exemplaren
Such Troops as These: The Genius and Leadership of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson (1605) 40 exemplaren
Macarthur's War: The Flawed Genius Who Challenged The American Political System (2013) 29 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Alexander, Bevin Ray
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Aleksander, Bevin
- Geboortedatum
- 1928-02-17
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
- Opleiding
- Northwestern University (MS)
The Citadel (AB) - Beroepen
- military officer
military historian
reporter
editor - Organisaties
- United States Army (Korean War)
United States Army Reserve
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Rural Virginia
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Richmond Rotary Club (President, 1985-1986) (toon alle 11)
Kappa Tau Alpha
Sigma Delta Chi
Virginia Hotel and Motel Association
Virginia Commonwealth University
Longwood University - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Chosen as one of the books that have most transformed Civil War scholarship, Civil War Book Review, for Lost Victories: The Military Genius of Stonewall Jackson
received Commendation Medal and three battle stars
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EXAMPLES: Feign retreat: Pretend defeat, fake a retreat, then ambush the enemy while being pursued. Used to devastating effect by the North Vietnamese against U.S. forces during the Vietnam War.
• Strike at enemy weakness: Avoid the enemy’s strength entirely by refusing to fight pitched battles, a method that has run alongside conventional war from the earliest days of human conflict. Brilliantly applied by Mao Zedong to defeat the Chinese Nationalists.
• Defend, then attack: Gain possession of a superior weapon or tactical system, induce the enemy to launch a fruitless attack, then go on the offensive. Employed repeatedly against the Goths by the Eastern Roman general Belisarius to reclaim vast stretches of the Roman Empire.… (meer)