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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. Publishers original dark red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions. xiv-xvii 394pp including index, 16 line illustrations, full page, throughout text. Pages, clean and bright in firm binding. This book discusses battles which demonstrate the phenomenon, some of which have had a decisive influence on history, as well as some that are of lesser importance. Some of the events described have never before been made public in any extensive way, including circumstances behind the loss of the Holy Cross, the attack by African war bees in 1914 which was described in The Times as the Germans secret weapon, the Libyans trying to buy a bomb from China in order to drop it in Israel in 1973, or Star Wars weaponry in the Gulf War. This book is a fascinating and enthralling look at how the unpredictable has shaped world history.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine/Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.