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| TITLE: |
The hinge factor : how chance and stupidity have changed history / Erik Durschmied. |
| AUTHOR: |
Durschmied, Erik. |
| PUBLISHED: |
London : Coronet Books, Division of Hodder & Stoughton, c1999. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xvii, 394 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| EDITION: |
1st American edition. |
| NOTES: |
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 1854Three cigars : Antietam, 17 September 1862 -- Two counts and one prince : Königgrätz, 3 July 1866 -- |
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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 -- |
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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 -- |
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The zero factor : the Gulf, 17 January 1991. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| SUBJECT: |
History--Miscellanea. |
| SUBJECT: |
Chance. |
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