100 Mistakes That Changed History
Backfires and Blunders That Collapsed Empires, Crashed Economies, and Altered the Course of Our Worl…
By Bill Fawcett
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Examines bad decisions that changed the course of history, including Little Big Horn,the policies that lead to the Dust Bowl, and the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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- English Books
- Others 400 Pages
- ISBN-10: 042523665X
- ISBN-13: 9780425236659
- Publisher: Berkley Trade
- Pub date: Oct 05, 2010
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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 consequen ... (continue)
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... 100 mistakes that changed history backfires blunders collapsed empires crashed economies,
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