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The hinges of battle : how change and incompetence have changed the face of history / Erik Durschmied.

By: Durschmied, ErikPublication details: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. Description: x, 438 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: 720522548124Subject(s): Battles | Military historyLOC classification: D24. | D87 2002Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Prologue: -- The Truth, and Nothing but the Truth 1 -- 1 Flagellum Dei - the Scourge of God -- 7 September, AD 451 - Attila the Hun 5 -- 2 Through a Gate Wide Open -- 29 May 1453 - The Fall of Constantinople 38 -- 3 A Confederacy of Dunces -- 20 October 1805 - Napoleon, -- or the Unequal Contest at Ulm 71 -- 4 The Fool Who Rode to His Death -- 25 June 1876 - Custer's Last Stand 92 -- 5 A Washing of the Spears -- 22 January 1879 - Death in Zululand 131 -- 6 And Raise Your Head with Pride! -- 24 April 1916 - The Irish Easter Rising 178 -- 7 'Since This Morning We Are Shooting Back!' -- 31 August 1939 - The Gleiwitz Caper 232 -- 8 All Warfare Is Based on Deception -- 19 November 1942 - Stalin's Secret Army at Stalingrad 262 -- 9 A Mousetrap That Caught the Cat -- 13 March 1954 - The Last Day of Dien Bien Phu 336 -- 10 The War Office Regrets to Inform You -- 13 January 1842 - Afghanistan 383 -- Epilogue: Is This the End? 412.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-425) and index.

Prologue: -- The Truth, and Nothing but the Truth 1 -- 1 Flagellum Dei - the Scourge of God -- 7 September, AD 451 - Attila the Hun 5 -- 2 Through a Gate Wide Open -- 29 May 1453 - The Fall of Constantinople 38 -- 3 A Confederacy of Dunces -- 20 October 1805 - Napoleon, -- or the Unequal Contest at Ulm 71 -- 4 The Fool Who Rode to His Death -- 25 June 1876 - Custer's Last Stand 92 -- 5 A Washing of the Spears -- 22 January 1879 - Death in Zululand 131 -- 6 And Raise Your Head with Pride! -- 24 April 1916 - The Irish Easter Rising 178 -- 7 'Since This Morning We Are Shooting Back!' -- 31 August 1939 - The Gleiwitz Caper 232 -- 8 All Warfare Is Based on Deception -- 19 November 1942 - Stalin's Secret Army at Stalingrad 262 -- 9 A Mousetrap That Caught the Cat -- 13 March 1954 - The Last Day of Dien Bien Phu 336 -- 10 The War Office Regrets to Inform You -- 13 January 1842 - Afghanistan 383 -- Epilogue: Is This the End? 412.