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02593aam a22004338i 4500 001 4CF1E774658D11E99B4892F996128E48 003 SILO 005 20190423010125 008 181124t20192019nyu e b 000 0deng 010 $a 2018055705 020 $a 1948924242 020 $a 9781948924245 035 $a (OCoLC)1077585794 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCL $d WYG $d GO6 $d OCLCO $d LNC $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a D21.3 $b .S778 2019 082 00 $a 904/.7 $2 23 084 $a CKB030000 $a HIS037000 $a CKB030000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Stevenson, Struan, $e author. 245 14 $a The course of history : $b ten meals that changed the world / $c Struan Stevenson ; recipes by Tony Singh, MBE. 246 30 $a Ten meals that changed the world 250 $a First North American edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Arcade Publishing, $c 2019. 300 $a xi, 269 pages ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Originally published in the United Kingdom by Birlinn Ltd. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-269). 520 $a "Some of the most consequential decisions in history were decided at the dinner table, accompanied--and perhaps influenced--by copious amounts of food and drink. This fascinating book explores ten of those pivotal meals, presenting the contexts, key participants, table talk, and outcomes of each. It offers unique insight into the minds and appetites of some of history's most famous and notorious characters, including Bonnie Prince Charlie, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Richard Nixon. Includes recipes."-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Bonnie Prince Charlie on the eve of Culloden -- Sowing the seeds of the American Revolution -- How Washington, DC, became America's capital -- Forging a hundred years of peace at the Congress of Vienna -- Archduke Franz Ferdinand's dinner in Sarajevo -- How petroleum politics was born over a Scottish banquet -- Austrian Anschluss -- Churchill's birthday banquet in Tehran -- Nixon in China -- The Egypt-Israel peace treaty dinner. 650 0 $a History $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Dinners and dining $x History. 650 0 $a Diplomacy $x History $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Statesmen $v Miscellanea. 655 7 $a Cookbooks. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Singh, Tony, $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305021218.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190423012659.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4CF1E774658D11E99B4892F996128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search