THE WEATHER FACTOR - How Nature Has Changed History

Durschmied, Erik

ISBN 10: 0340768053 / ISBN 13: 9780340768051

Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2000

About this Item

(xii) 322 pp. Turquoise boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Wraparound dj art by Brigid Collins; illustrated with maps. The Chapters are: The Bible Tells Us So; The Lost Legions of Varus; The Divine Wind; The Night it Rained on Paris; The Frozen Armada; A Brave Called Tecumseh; Two Bridges to Cross; The Great Potato Famine; The White Death; The Week the Panzers Froze; Unexpected New Developments; For Those in Peril on the Sea; A Deluge of Fire; The Wind Factor; Death in the Delta; and Owning the Weather in 2025. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE WEATHER FACTOR - How Nature Has Changed History
• Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340768053
• ISBN 13: 9780340768051
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Brigid Collins
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • History - General
  • Science

About this title

Synopsis

Despite major improvements in collecting information and forecasting the weather, the 'factor of the unpredictable' is as real today, as it was in days when Noah was forced to set sail on the ark. Floods have drowned millions, droughts and famines have wiped out entire populations, frost has brought a sudden halt to invincible armies, and storms have sunk unsinkable armadas. When man comes to face nature's elements, it is not so much human incompetence as the uncertainty of the weather that leads on to disaster.

About the Author

Erik Durschmied was born in Vienna in 1930. After the Second World War he emigrated to Canada. A television war correspondent for the BBC and CBS, Durschmied covered every major crisis including Vietnam, Iran, Iraq, Belfast, Beirut, Chile, Cuba and Afghanistan. Winner of numerous awards, Newsweek wrote 'Durschmied is a supremely gifted reporter who has transformed the media he works in.' And in Le Monde: 'He's survived more battles than any living general.' He lives in Paris and Provence with his family.