
Secrets of Warfare
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- The alleged superiority of Western nations in the ancient world.
- The myth of the English longbow.
- The introduction of submarines to warfare prior to World War I.
- The deadliest American air raids of World War II.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction
- MYTH #1: Western Military Superiority Dates From Ancient Times
- MYTH #2: The Ancient Greeks Refused to Use Poisoned Arrows
- MYTH #3: Cavalry Ruled the Battlefield in the Middle Ages
- MYTH #4: Plate Armor Was Enormously Heavy
- MYTH #5: The English Longbow Was a Phenomenal Weapon
- MYTH #6: The World's Biggest Guns Reduced Constantinople
- MYTH #7: Guns Made Armor Obsolete
- MYTH #8: The Monitor and the Merrimack Staged the First Ironclad Duel
- MYTH #9: When the Revolution Began, the American Colonists Split Three Ways
- MYTH #10: The American Long Rifle Was the Best Rifle in the World
- MYTH #11: American Revolutionary Troops Seldom Fought From Cover
- MYTH #12: The American Civil War Saw the First Use of Submarines
- MYTH #13: The British Band Played "The World Turned Upside Down" at Yorktown
- MYTH #14: Union Troops Always Outnumbered the Confederates
- MYTH #15: The Only Aircraft in the Civil War Were Tethered Balloons
- MYTH #16: Custer's Stand Was His Last Because the Indians Had Repeaters
- MYTH #17: Latin American Warfare Was Never Serious
- MYTH #18: The .45 Automatic Helped Conquer the Philippines
- MYTH #19: The Bayonet Is Indispensible
- MYTH #20: German Tanks Were Invincible
- MYTH #21: Lance Corporal Hitler Was a Military Moron
- MYTH #22: Nuclear Missiles Are the Ultimate Weapons
- MYTH #23: Douglas MacArthur Was Our Greatest Military Hero
- MYTH #24: Harry Truman Desegregated the Armed Forces in 1948
- MYTH #25: There Was No Korean War After Peace Talks Began
- MYTH #26: Dwight Eisenhower Ended the Korean War
- MYTH #27: The Majority of the Troops in Vietnam Were Minorities
- MYTH #28: There Were Two Attacks on American Ships in the Gulf of Tonkin
- MYTH #29: Khe Sanh Survived a Terrible Siege
- Notes
- Bibliography
- INDEX
- About the Author
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