Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
Jared Knott, Win Blevins
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A single document poorly designed by one single clerk in one single county changed the outcome of a presidential election and led directly to a major war.
A soldier accidentally kicks a helmet off of the top of a wall and causes an empire to collapse.
A small mechanical device several inches long fails to function, which changes the outcome of WWII and leads to the death of millions of people.
A man fails to gather his army in time to defend against an attack because of the temptation of opium and a young slave woman.
And many more!
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