内容简介
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...