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...