Erik Durschmied takes an enthralling look at the turning points in famous battles when something as fickle as the weather has changed world history.
'The Hinge Factor' discusses battles which demonstrate the phenomenon - some of which have had a decisive influence on history, as well as some that are of lesser importance. Some of the events described have never before been made public in any extensive way, including the circumstances behind the loss of the Holy Cross, the attack by African war bees in 1914 which was described in "The Times" as the Germans' secret weapon, the Libyans trying to buy a bomb from China in order to drop it on Israel in 1973, or Star Wars weaponry in the Gulf War.
