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The hinge factor: how chance and stupidity have changed history
2000, Arcade
in English
- 1st U.S. ed.
1559705159 9781559705158
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Table of Contents
A wooden horse : Troy, 1184 BC
The loss of the True Cross : the Horns of Hattin, 4 July 1187
A rabble with bare feat : Agincourt, 25 October 1415
A barrel of schnapps : Karansebes, 20 September 1788
A fistful of nails : Waterloo, 18 June 1815
The fourth order : Balaclava, 25 October 1854
Three cigars : Antietam, 17 September 1862
Two counts and one prince : Königgrätz, 3 July 1866
A fair fight : Spioen Kop, 24 January 1900
A slap on the face : Tannenberg, 28 August 1914
The sting of a bee : Tanga, 5 November 1914
Der Halte Befehl : France, 21 May 1940
A shark on the loose : North Atlantic, 27 May 1941
The Sorge enigma : Moscow, 6 December 1941
One man's death : Vietnam, 31 January 1968
And the Wall came tumbling down : Berlin, 9 November 1989
The zero factor : the Gulf, 17 January 1991.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-384) and index.
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