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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 Overview

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