{"product_id":"how-to-lose-a-war-at-sea-foolish-plans-and-great-naval-blunders-33-true-military-disasters-from-insufficient-planning-and-espionage","title":"How to Lose a War at Sea: Foolish Plans and Great Naval Blunders – 33 True Military Disasters from Insufficient Planning and Espionage","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780062069092\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Morrow, September 24, 2013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e368 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn engrossing compendium of high-seas military disasters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the days of the Spanish Armada to the modern age of aircraft carriers, battles have been bungled just as badly on water as they have been on land. Some blunders were the result of insufficient planning, overinflated egos, espionage, or miscalculations; others were caused by ideas that didn't hold water in the first place. In glorious detail, here are thirty-three of history's worst maritime mishaps, including:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe British Royal Navy's misguided attempts to play it safe during the American Revolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe short life and death of the Imperial Japanese Navy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe scuttling of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGraf Spee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by a far inferior force\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe sinking of the Nazi megaship \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBismarck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Remember the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMaine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\"—the lies that started the Spanish-American War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdmiral Nelson losing track of Napoleon but redeeming himself at the Nile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ANZAC disaster at Gallipoli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGermany's failed WWII campaign in the North Atlantic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKennedy's quarantine of Cuba\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChock-full of amazing facts and hilarious trivia, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow to Lose a War at Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the most complete volume of nautical failures ever assembled.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47449321341090,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/61SUY-PJopL._SY342.jpg?v=1784710418","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/how-to-lose-a-war-at-sea-foolish-plans-and-great-naval-blunders-33-true-military-disasters-from-insufficient-planning-and-espionage","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}