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Erik Durschmied
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The Hinges of Battle |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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448 |
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2002-11-07 |
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0340819782 |
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Hodder Paperback |
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0.71 pounds |
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5.04 x 0.98 x 7.68 inches |
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1 V.Lehtinen (Finland) |
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1 Theresa McAdam (USA: VA) |
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Product Description
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 single phrase or a misinterpreted command is all it takes. A moment of courage or cowardice, energy or weariness, resolution or indecision. Battles have shaped the course of history and decided the fate of mankind. From a brutal Attila the Hun who went down to defeat on the Catalaunian Fienls, to an overbearing French artillery colonel at Dien Bien Phu; from the stout walls of Constantinople to a skimpy mealie-bag wall at Rorke's Drift; from the sun of Austerlitz to the snows of Stalingrad, it was always an incident that decided the outcome of battle.
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