How to lose a battle
Subtitle: foolish plans and great military blunders
By: edited by Bill Fawcett.
Contributors: Fawcett, Bill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Battles; Military art and science -- History; Military history -- Case studies; Errors; Operational art (Military science) -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: 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 strategems 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.