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The Weather Factor: How Nature Has Changed History ReviewReading Durchmied's "The Weather Factor" (the sequel to last year's "The Hinge Factor") is one of life's guilty pleasures. Although I sometimes wondered whether the author might be one of those who is "often in error, but never in doubt," I didn't see any obvious mistakes. More to the point, I thoroughly enjoyed the author's style and selection of events.
The book is not about the weather as such, so it doesn't discuss the nuances of isobars or storm fronts; rather, it focuses on how the weather has changed the outcome of selected historical events. Durschmied's new book is thus a continuation of his narrative in "The Hinge Factor."
Among the events the author describes: the destruction of three Roman legions in Teutoberger Wald in AD 9 in the face of a wild thunderstorm; the "divine wind" that destroyed the Mongol invasion fleet in 1281; the destruction of Napoleon's Grand Army in 1812; the Irish potato famine of the 1840s; war in the Alps, 1916-18; the defeat of Hitler's Russian offensive in 1941; and a somewhat surprising reason why the Soviet Union was not willing to use nuclear weapons during the Cuban missile crisis. Durchmied writes with a dramatic skill that brings these events to life.
One of the best measures of how much I enjoyed a book is how much I look forward to the next one by the same author. I noticed that Durchmied's books are published in Europe about a year before they arrive in the United States, so I visited Amazon's UK site to see whether Durschmied had written anything new. In fact, he has: he just published a new book called "The Whisper of the Blade," which appears to be a history of revolutions. I've already ordered it, and I'm looking forward to its arrival here on the other side of the pond.The Weather Factor: How Nature Has Changed History OverviewFrom the author of The Hinge Factor, a thrilling,page-turning series of dramatic historical recreations revealing howthe fate of humankind has been decided by the uncontrollable,unpredictable power of weather.From the doomed campaigns of Roman legions and Napoleon to the fate ofU.S. forces in the South Pacific and Vietnam, torrential rain, brutalwinters, monster typhoons, and killer hurricanes have had far-reaching- and often terrifying - consequences. As Erik Durschmied vividlydescribes in heart-stopping vignettes, the elements have decided humanhistory as often as the spear, bullet, or atomic bomb. Drawing uponextensive research, as well as the author's own experiences inVietnam, The Weather Factor gives a fascinating account of theinevitable collision between weather fronts and human conflict.

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