The hinge factor
Subtitle: how chance and stupidity have changed history
By: Erik Durschmied
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Arcade
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781559705158; 9781559705721
Subjects: Miscellanea; Chance; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-384) and index.
Table of contents: title: A wooden horse : Troy, 1184 BC; title: The loss of the True Cross : the Horns of Hattin, 4 July 1187; title: A rabble with bare feat : Agincourt, 25 October 1415; title: A barrel of schnapps : Karansebes, 20 September 1788; title: A fistful of nails : Waterloo, 18 June 1815; title: The fourth order : Balaclava, 25 October 1854; title: Three cigars : Antietam, 17 September 1862; title: Two counts and one prince : Königgrätz, 3 July 1866; title: A fair fight : Spioen Kop, 24 January 1900; title: A slap on the face : Tannenberg, 28 August 1914; title: The sting of a bee : Tanga, 5 November 1914; title: Der Halte Befehl : France, 21 May 1940; title: A shark on the loose : North Atlantic, 27 May 1941; title: The Sorge enigma : Moscow, 6 December 1941; title: One man's death : Vietnam, 31 January 1968; title: And the Wall came tumbling down : Berlin, 9 November 1989; title: The zero factor : the Gulf, 17 January 1991.