The Alamo and the Texas War for Independence

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.

Author: Albert a. Nofi
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 02/01/2001
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.63h x 4.56w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780306810404

About the Author
Albert A. Nofi has a Ph.D. in Military History from the City University of New York and was associate editor for many years of the groundbreaking military journal Strategy 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 of The Gettysburg Campaign and The Waterloo Campaign.