How to Lose a War

<p>From the Crusades to the modern age of chemical warfare and smart bombs history is littered with truly disastrous military campaigns. <em>How to Lose a War</em> chronicles some of the most remarkable strategic catastrophes and doomed military adventures of overreaching invaders and clueless defenders--whether the failure was a result of poor planning miscalculations monumental ego or failed intelligence . . . or just a really stupid idea to begin with.</p><ul><li>Alexander invades India--and ends up in deep vindaloo.</li><li>Sacre bleu! The French are humiliated by Prussia in 1870.</li><li>spain's invincible navy breaks up off the coast of britain while attempting an invasion.</li><li>the mau mau rebellion against the british in kenya shows us how not to run an insurgency.</li><li>Chiang Kai-Shek's pathetic army fails to keep Mao's Communists from grabbing China.</li></ul>