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The Hinge Factor - How Chance And Stupidity Have Changed History

Paperback • 1999 • English

The Hinge Factor - How Chance And Stupidity Have Changed History

By Erik Durschmied

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About the book

From the Trojan Horse to a photograph snapped in Vietnam, world history has been shaped as much by chance and error as by courage and heroism. Despite impossible odds, invincible armies fall in bitter defeat to weaker opponents. How and why does this happen? What decides the fate of battle? In this fascinating book, Erik Durschmied takes us through the major conflicts of history—from Agincourt to the Civil War, from Crimea to the Gulf War—and reveals how, in war, it is the improbable and the inc...Show more

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9780340728307

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

The Hinge Factor - How Chance And Stupidity Have Changed History

Format

Paperback

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