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    How to Lose a War: More Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders

    By Bill Fawcett

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    From the Crusades to the modern age of chemical warfare and smart bombs, history is littered with truly disastrous military campaigns. How to Lose a War 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.

    • Alexander invades India—and ends up in deep vindaloo.
    • Sacre bleu! The French are humiliated by Prussia in 1870.
    • spain's "invincible navy" breaks up off the coast of britain while attempting an invasion.
    • the mau mau rebellion against the british in kenya shows us how not to run an insurgency.
    • Chiang Kai-Shek's pathetic army fails to keep Mao's Communists from grabbing China.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateAug 11, 2009
    ISBN9780061900709
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    How to Lose a War: More Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders
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    Bill Fawcett

    Bill Fawcett is the author and editor of more than a dozen books, including You Did What?, It Seemed Like a Good Idea . . . , How to Lose a Battle, and You Said What? He lives in Illinois.

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    • 4/5
      This is an interesting set of histories about events that I knew some vague things about, and I was glad to be able to get a fuller understanding of them. The analyses of why these events occurred was usually well laid out and logical, but I found myself arguing with some of them. It seemed that I knew some things that they didn't seem to know or recognize, possibly because I read about the events nearly 50 years ago when certain facts were well-known that seem to have been forgotten today.
    • 2/5
      Heavily biased towards the American Civil War, which in my opinion was the most boring section of the whole book. And it goes on for about 80 pages. Not pleased.
    • 1/5
      There is little in this book to recommend. The essays in this collection are as short on information as they are in length. Fans of military history will be disappointed with the lack of depth, and those looking to extend their knowledge even a little will be disappointed by the rather repetitive writing.Read one or two of these essays at random, and you will likely have gleened all there is from the entire book.
    • 3/5
      This one is written in small, bite sized chunks of individual battles. Generally written in a clear, concise style, some editing mistakes ["...his inaction insured their defeat..." and factual mistakes [Battle of Teutoburg Forest listed as being in 7 A.D. when it actually occurred in 9 A.D.] eroded my pleasure in the book. This one is a great one for people who don't read much and like lighter fare, for it will not overanalize the battles or go into too great a depth. It's also a great book to read in bed, as the small chapters make for nice "a bit at a time" reading.