100 Mistakes that Changed History

Backfires and Blunders That Collapsed Empires, Crashed Economies, and Altered the Course of Our World

Nonfiction, History, World History, Military
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Author: Bill Fawcett ISBN: 9781101443675
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: October 5, 2010
Imprint: Berkley Language: English
Author: Bill Fawcett
ISBN: 9781101443675
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: October 5, 2010
Imprint: Berkley
Language: English

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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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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