From the Mongol Invasion of Persia, through the Siege of Leningrad, to the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, in this brilliantly vivid, entertaining book, Derek Wilson picks the ten very worst years in world history, describing a catalogue of calamities, catastrophes and cock-ups that will make you hair curl.
ISBN: | 9781907595455 |
Publication date: | 1st September 2011 |
Author: | Derek Wilson |
Publisher: | Short Books |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 281 pages |
Genres: |
General and world history |