How to Lose a Battle

<p>A remarkable compendium of the worst military <br>decisions and the men who made them</p><p>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 <em>How to Lose a Battle</em> pays dubious homage to these momentous and bloody blunders including: </p><ul><li><p><strong>Cannae 216 B.C.: </strong> the bumbling Romans lose 80000 troops to Hannibal's forces.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Second Crusade: </strong> an entire Christian army is slaughtered when it stops for a drink of water.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Battle of Britain: </strong> Hitler's dreaded Luftwaffe blows it big-time.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pearl Harbor: </strong> more than one warning of the impending attack is there but nobody listens.</p></li></ul><p><em>How to Lose a Battle</em> 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.</p>