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Accounts of men at war in some of the world's most hostile environments Surprising and illuminating conclusions about desert warfare Features chapters on: Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798-99The British campaign along India's northwest frontier from 1849 to 1852The Iraq campaign during World War IThe British counterattack against the Italians in North Africa in 1940-41The exploits of Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps in North Africa in 1941The 1973 Yom Kippur WarThe 1991 Gulf WarDesert Battles is a study of the nature of desert warfare with special attention to the evolution of weaponry, the organization of forces, the impact of the desert environment on the ability of those forces to sustain battle, and the influences of the desert on battle tactics
