The Alamo And The Texas War For Independence [Paperback]

In one of very few balanced accounts of Texas's epic struggle for independence from Mexico, Albert Nofi provides a splendid chronicle of the events and personalities of the war. He includes readable and accessible maps of military movements and a strategic and tactical analysis of each battle, addressing the extraordinary number of myths that the Alamo has engendered and exposing the truth about a conflict that has taken on legendary proportions.

Albert A. Nofihas a Ph.D. in Military History from the City University of New York and was associate editor for many years of the ground-breaking military journalStrategy and Tactics.He was a founder of wargaming, the conflict simulation system used both by hobbyists and military planners. Dr. Nofi has written numerous books and articles on military history and was a news media military commentator during the Persian Gulf War. He is also the author ofThe Gettysburg CampaignandThe Waterloo Campaign.