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The ancient Greeks defined hubris as the worst sin a leader, or a nation, could commit. It was the mind-set of supreme arrogance, where mortals in their folly would set themselves up against the Gods. Its consequences were invariably terrible. There have been numerous books on decisive battles - engagements which altered the course of a war. Alistair Horne's is different: he analyses several of the 20th century which had consequences above and beyond the war itself, affecting the wider course of history and our own times. The common thread running through his ten choices is HUBRIS, or complacency, or a deadly mix of the two. In the 19th century, Trafalgar in 1805 was lost almost as an oversight by a thoroughly hubristic Napoleon. In the 20th century nothing illustrated the theme better than the two Pacific battles of Tsushima in 1905, and Midway in 1942, covering a period which began with the extraordinary rise of the Japanese Empire, to its spectacular demise at Hiroshima in 1945, in which the Battle of Miday was the turning point in the Pacific war. The other battles with awesome consequences include: Khalkin Gol, 1938, on the Siberian-Manchurian frontier; the defence of Moscow in 1941; Verdun, 1916; Sedan, 1940; Dien Bien Phu, 1954; the Six Day War in 1967; the Yom Kippur War in 1973; the Twin Towers in 2001. Alistair Horne's brilliant work of narrative history has three sections: the Pacific (including Russia and Japan); France; and the Middle east, culminating in 9/11. Each begins with an introduction setting the historical scene, followed by a brief account of the battle itself. Each chapter closes by dramatically showing the longer-term consequences for our times.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Warfare & defence War & defence operations

• Pełny tytuł: Hubris
• Podtytuł: War in the Twentieth Century
• Autor: Alistair Horne
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 336
• EAN: 9780297867623
• ID: 04572309
• Wydawca: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
• Waga: 741 g
• Wymiary: 234 × 153 × 33 mm
• Data wydania: 09. July 2015

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