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11 produkter
Beware the Dragon
China - 1000 Years of Bloodshed
Inbunden, 2008
218 kr
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"Beware the Dragon" is all about "them and us" - a fast-moving tale of historic events, the reasons behind them, the decisive battles, and the bloodshed and horror they caused. Erik Durschmied's vivid survey of the fateful centuries presents a dramatic picture of how new political entities were …
Hinges of Battle
How Chance and Incompetence Have Changed the Face of History
Häftad, 2002
151 kr
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There is no shortage of stories when it comes to battles. Some were decided by genius, but many more by a quirk of fate, when that thin balance which separates success from disaster lay in a minor decision or a trivial incident that tipped the scales. The thrust of a spear, the blink of an eye, a …
From Armageddon to the Fall of Rome
E-bok, 2014
45 kr
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In the Mediterranean, this most fought-over region in the world, the figures of potentates and conquerors appear god-like: Thutmosis, Leonidas, Xerxes, Pyrrhus, Hannibal, Caesar and Vercingetorix. Ancient history, from Pharaonic Egypt and the Shahs of Persia, to the Golden Age of Greece and the …
Blood of Revolution
From the Reign of Terror to the Arab Spring
E-bok, 2013
159 kr
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In this fascinating book, the author of The Hinge Factor and The Weather Factor surveys revolutions across the centuries, vividly portraying the people and events that brought wrenching, often enduring—and always bloody—change to countries and societies almost overnight. Durschmied begins with the …
Hinge Factor
How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History
E-bok, 2011
159 kr
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From the wooden horse at Troy to a harrowing photograph snapped in Vietnam, from Robert E. Lee’s lost battle plans to the evacuation of Dunkirk, world history has been shaped as much by chance and error as by courage and heroism. Time and again, invincible armies fall to weaker opponents in the …
Weather Factor
How Nature Has Changed History
E-bok, 2014
159 kr
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From the author of The Hinge Factor comes a thrilling, page-turning series of dramatic historical re-creations revealing how the fate of humankind has often been decided by the uncontrollable, unpredictable power of weather. From the doomed campaigns of the Roman legions and Napoleon to the fate of …
How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History
The Hinge Factor
E-bok, 2016
173 kr
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From the Trojan Horse to a photograph snapped in Vietnam, world history has been shaped as much by chance and error as by courage and heroism. Despite impossible odds, invincible armies fall in bitter defeat to weaker opponents. How and why does this happen? What decides the fate of battle? In this …
La logique du grain de sable: Quand la chance ou l'incompétence a changé le cours de l'histoire...
Häftad, 2018
517 kr
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Whores of the Devil
Witch-hunts and Witch-trials
Häftad, 2010
129 kr
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What is a witch? A woman (usually), unimaginably old, with streaming grey hair, who rides the air on her broom and devours little children. We can take it for granted that this type of witch doesn’t exist, but villains there have been, and butchers too. Who were these monsters, those who accused, …
