History's biggest blunders and the people who made them:
A chronologically arranged compendium of some of history's biggest mistakes. Chapters include: Humankind domesticates plants and animals, Choosing Caligula as Emperor, the Pope excommunicates Martin Luther, Hitler invades the Soviet Union, the Vietnam War, and Repealing the Glass-Steagall Act
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| Summary: | A chronologically arranged compendium of some of history's biggest mistakes. Chapters include: Humankind domesticates plants and animals, Choosing Caligula as Emperor, the Pope excommunicates Martin Luther, Hitler invades the Soviet Union, the Vietnam War, and Repealing the Glass-Steagall Act |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-256) |
| Physical Description: | 256 S. Ill., Kt. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781435139879 |
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CONTENTS
Introduction..............................................................8
1 Humankind Domesticates Plants and Animals .................................10
2 Failing to Let God’s People Go.............................................14
3 Persia Invades Greece......................................................19
4 Alexander the Great Pushes Too Far.........................................24
s Pyrrhus of Epirus Achieves Costly Victories.................................30
ó Conspirators Murder Julius Caesar...........................................34
7 Choosing Caligula as Emperor...............................................40
8 Julian “The Apostate” Rejects Christianity.................................44
9 Monophysitism Is Declared Heretical........................................49
i o The Great East-West Schism................................................54
11 Harold Hurries to Meet William at Hastings................................58
12 The French Underestimate the English Archers atAgincourt..................63
l 3 The Ming Dynasty Turns Its Back on the World .............................67
14 The Pope Excommunicates Martin Luther......................................71
l 5 The Inca Atahualpa Meets Pizarro the Conquistador.........................76
16 Henry VIII Wants a Son.....................................................Bl
1 7 Philip II of Spain Launches the Armada...................................86
18 Charles Ts Cavalier Attitude Toward Parliament............................91
19 Napoleon and the Louisiana Bargain-Basement Purchase......................96
20 Napoleon’s Second Bite at the Apple......................................101
2 1 British Troops Massacre Workers at“Peterloo”.............................106
22 Santa Anna Attacks the Alamo...............................................112
2 3 Britain Invades Afghanistan..............................................117
24 Tragedy in the Valley of Death.............................................122
2 5 The Assassination of Tsar Alexander II...................................127
26 Austria’s Mayerling Incident.............................................131
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27 The German Navy Sinks the Lusitania...........................................135
28 The Treaty of Versailles......................................................141
29 Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan.................................................145
30 Hitler Invades the Soviet Union...............................................149
3 l Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor...................................................154
3 2 Britain Partitions India.....................................................159
3 3 The Vietnam War...............................................................164
34 France Tries to Hold on to Algeria.............................................169
3 5 The USA and the Bay of Pigs..................................................175
36 Mao Zedong’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.............................180
3 7 Charles de Gaulle Faces Down the Students.....................................184
38 IdiAmin Expels the Asian Population from Uganda................................188
3 9 President Nixon and the Watergate Affair......................................192
40 Argentina Invades the Falkland Islands........................................196
41 Iraq Invades Kuwait...........................................................202
42 Margaret Thatcher Introduces the Poll Tax.....................................207
43 The International Community Fails to Prevent Genocide in Rwanda...............211
44 Clinton Denies Sexual Relations with Monica Lewinsky..........................216
45 Massacre at Srebrenica .......................................................220
46 Repealing the Glass-Steagail Act..............................................226
47 Al-Qaeda Attacks the USA......................................................231
48 Failing to Prevent a Blowout on the Deepwater Horizon.........................236
49 Building Nuclear Reactors on the Coast of Japan...............................243
so Mr. Weiner’s Weiner............................................................248
Further Reading
252
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