Pocket • 1999 • Engelsk

The Hinge Factor - How Chance And Stupidity Have Changed History

Name: The Hinge Factor - How Chance And Stupidity Have Changed History
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ISBN: 9780340728307

Av Erik Durschmied

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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...Vis mer

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9780340728307

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1999

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Engelsk

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The Hinge Factor - How Chance And Stupidity Have Changed History

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Pocket

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