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100 Mistakes that Changed History: Backfires and Blunders That Collapsed Empires, Crashed Economies, and Altered the Course of Our World

By Bill Fawcett

Book information

Publisher
Berkley Trade
Year
2010
ISBN
042523665X, 9780425236659, 9781101443675
ASIN
B0042JSOSA
Open Library ID
OL24371509M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
807 kB (826854 bytes)
Pages
400\0
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course of the world. From the Maginot Line to the Cuban Missile Crisis, history is filled with bad moves and not-so-bright ideas that snowballed into disasters and unintended consequences. This engrossing book looks at one hundred such tipping points. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. The Caliphs of Baghdad spend themselves into bankruptcy. The Aztecs greet the Conquistadors with open arms. Mexico invites the Americans to Texas-and the Americans never leave. And the rest is history...

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