It seemed like a good idea-- : a compendium of great historical fiascoes /: a compendium of great historical fiascoes. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by William R. Forstchen and Bill Fawcett.
• Other Names: Forstchen, William R; Fawcett, Bill
• Contents: A bad way to take a walk: 4th century B.C. Macedonia -- Divide and conquer: 219 B.C. Rome -- Stab at stability: 10 B.C. Rome -- Sins of the sister: 1001 A.D. Scandinavia -- There's noting worse than an idealistic war: 1095 Jerusalem -- Safe and sorry: 1097 The Byzantine Empire -- The burning of beards: 13th century Khwarezm Empire -- Dangerous delusion: 13th century Europe -- Crackdown crack up: 1282 Palermo, Sicily -- A plague on all your mouses: Europe 1300s -- Never look a gift cannon in the mouth: 1453 Constantinople -- One dispensation too many: 1533 Rome and England -- Wrong turn: 1588 Spanish Armada -- How to lose an empire: 1776 America -- From paper to reality, how to lose a war: 1777 United States -- France gets even: 1780 America -- Bligh's guys: 1789 two months out from Tahiti -- Not steamed up: 1800 France -- To give away a country: 1800s Texas -- Choose the captain well: 1842 Atlantic Ocean -- Great Dred Scott!: 1857 Washington, D.C. -- Buy American: 1860 United States -- The man who would be emperor: 1864 Mexico -- For want of a horse: 1876 Montana -- Too Wilde for his own good: 1895 England -- Sea powerless: 1900 German Empire -- The archduke goes for a ride: 1914 Sarajevo -- Of clocks, oysters and politics: 1914 Britain -- Courage over firepower: 1914 British Expeditionary Force -- For the good of the empire: 1917 Moscow -- The Hindenburg and Ludendorff Follies: 1917 Germany -- Just to make trouble: 1917 Europe -- Strangle the monster in the cradle: 1917-22 Russia -- Reilly busts "the trust": 1926 Moscow -- How to train an enemy: 1930s Russia -- Choose your allies carefully: 1939 Germany and Italy -- Build a fort, but leave the back door open: 1939 France -- Bushido politics: 1941 Japan -- "We thought it would be Singapore": 1941 Pearl Harbor -- Loyal to a fault: 1941 Germany -- The other Maginot line: 1944 German -- In exchange for nothing: 1945 Yalta -- Documented for posterity: 1945-46 Germany -- keep the colony, but start a war: 1945 France and America in Indochina -- Stand back boys and give the president some room: 1963 Dallas, Texas -- Philby-Britain's best and Moscow's man inside: 1963 Moscow -- Throwing out the baby and saving the bath water: 1967 Britain -- Snow job: 1978 Chicago -- One hour too short?: 1990 Persian Gulf.
• Publisher Details: New York : HarperCollins e-books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: 902; History -- Miscellanea; History -- Errors, inventions, etc; History -- Errors, inventions, etc; History; Miscellanea
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780061745300; 0061745308
• Related ISBNs: 9780380807710
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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