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The Hinge Factor: How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History

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by Erik Durschmied
Narrated by Kevin Stillwell
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LENGTH

12 hrs and 38 mins
RELEASE DATE

02-02-13
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From the Trojan Horse to Robert E. Lee's lost battle plans, world history has been as shaped by chance and error as by courage and conviction.

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