HINGES OF BATTLE by Durschmied, Erik ISBN 0340819774
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This work takes a look at the many turning points of famous conflicts, especially at the minor incidents that decided the outcome, otherwise known as the hinge of battle.
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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[edit] Title
HINGES OF BATTLE
[edit] Author
Durschmied, Erik
[edit] ISBN
0340819774
[edit] Published
07/02/2002
[edit] Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
[edit] Binding
hardback
[edit] Retail Price
14.99 (GBP)
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