Loose Cannons: 101 Myths, Mishaps, and Misadventures of Military History

Loose Cannons takes a fun, irreverent look at the canards of military history that continue to survive in books and everyday conversation. Exposing long-held myths about leaders and operations, Graeme Donald questions and considers 101 tidbits of trivia that you thought you knew, including: Was Paul Revere really a hero? How did Anna Caroll bring the South to its knees during the Civil War? Did Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders really charge San Juan Hill? Was Hitler a mono-testicular vegetarian obsessed with the occult? Who was Tokyo Rose? What was Che Guevara's real name? Learn the answers to these and ninety-five other questions. You might be surprised at what you find.