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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 (Paperback, 2010)

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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. The Caliphs of Baghdad spend themselves into bankruptcy. The Aztecs greet the Conquistadors with open arms. Bill Fawcetthas been a professor, teacher, corporate executive, and college dean, and is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books, including100 Mistakes That Changed History,100 More Mistakes that Changed History, and101 Stumbles in the March of 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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PublisherPenguin Putnam Inc

ISBN-139780425236659

eBay Product ID (ePID)117573717

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Number of Pages400 Pages

Publication Name100 Mistakes that Changed History: Backfires and Blunders That Collapsed Empires, Crashed Economies, and Altered the Course of Our World

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

AuthorBill Fawcett

FormatPaperback