How to Lose

Foolish Plans And Great Military Blunders

By: Bill Fawcett

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Paperback | 12 November 2014

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A remarkable compendium of the worst military
decisions and the men who made them

The annals of history are littered with horribly bad military leaders. These combat incompetents found amazing ways to ensure their army's defeat. Whether it was a lack of proper planning, miscalculation, ego, bad luck, or just plain stupidity, certain wartime stratagems should never have left the drawing board. Written with wit, intelligence, and eminent readability, How to Lose a Battle pays dubious homage to these momentous and bloody blunders, including:

Cannae, 216 B.C.: the bumbling Romans lose 80,000 troops to Hannibal's forces.
The Second Crusade: an entire Christian army is slaughtered when it stops for a drink of water.
The Battle of Britain: Hitler's dreaded Luftwaffe blows it big-time.
Pearl Harbor: more than one warning of the impending attack is there, but nobody listens.

How to Lose a Battle includes more than thirty-five chapters worth of astonishing (and avoidable) disasters, both infamous and obscure - a treasure trove of trivia, history, and jaw-dropping facts about the most costly military missteps ever taken.

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Non-Fiction Psychology History Military History Warfare & Defence Military & Defence Strategy Military Tactics War & Defence Operations General & World History Naval Forces & Warfare Other Warfare & Defence Issues Military Veterans

The Battle of Arbela	p. 1
Exodus	p. 11
The Battle of Cannae	p. 16
The Battle of Carrhae	p. 25
Teutoburg Forest	p. 34
The Horns of Hattin	p. 43
The Battle of Agincourt	p. 48
The Battle of Trenton	p. 57
The Battle of Ballynamuck	p. 63
Bad Luck of Billy Bainbridge	p. 68
Austerlitz	p. 73
The Battle of San Jacinto	p. 82
The Charge of the Light Brigade	p. 91
Antietam	p. 99
Chancellorsville	p. 106
Gettysburg: The Beginning	p. 116
Gettysburg: The Battle	p. 128
The Crater: The Mine	p. 152
The Crater: Failure	p. 169
Battle of Isandhlwana	p. 187
The Battle of Majuba Hill	p. 193
Gordon and the Siege of Khartoum	p. 201
The Philippines Theater	p. 208
Samoa	p. 214
The Boxer Rebellion	p. 219
The Schlieffen Plan	p. 226
The Easter Rising	p. 234
European Siberian Invasion	p. 241
A Clash of Eagles	p. 246
Pearl Harbor	p. 257
Midway	p. 268
Guadalcanal	p. 278
Stalingrad	p. 286
Kasserine Pass	p. 294
Okinawa	p. 299
The Six-Day War	p. 304
Dien Bien Phu	p. 311
Epilogue	p. 317
Index	p. 318
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