Below the belt: Novelty, subterfuge, and surprise in naval warfare

Below the belt: Novelty, subterfuge, and surprise in naval warfare image
ISBN-10:

0851772366

ISBN-13:

9780851772363

Author(s): WINTON, JOHN
Edition: First Edition
Released: Jan 01, 1981
Publisher: Conway Maritime
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
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Description:

The 'dirty tricks' department is not a recent invention. Unconventional warfare was developed into an art by the Greeks, who employed fire-ships some seventeen centuries before their use against the Spanish Armada. The Romans shattered Carthaginian sea power with a simple invention and novel tactics, while the Byzantine navy's supremacy depended on the first secret weapon in history, Greek Fire. Even the use of poisonous gas was proposed as early as the Napoleonic Wars.

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