by Erik Durschmied · Piemme · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788838447433
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«Eroi per caso. Come l'imprevisto e la stupidità hanno vinto le guerre» is the historical essay by Erik Durschmied, in paperback (472 pages, in Italian).
Erik Durschmied examines in this essay the battles in which luck, error or the most unexpected detail changed the outcome, despite the strategists' plans. With contemporary documents and accounts of famous campaigns, the author shows that war is not decided only by heroes: also by human unpredictability and stupidity.
Published by Piemme in 2000. Work in Italian, framed in the history category.
Aimed at readers interested in military history and the unpredictable factors that decide battles.
Erik Durschmied is a cinematographer, producer, director and also an author, military history professor and a former war correspondent for BBC, CBS. Newsweek called him a "supremely gifted reporter who has changed the media he works in", while The New York Times wrote "He has seen more wars than any living general." Durschmied is best known for his book The Hinge Factor. For the sum of his literary work, he received the honorary citizenship of Austria.
