Decisive Moments in History

Decisive Moments in History
AuthorStefan Zweig
Original titleSternstunden der Menschheit
LanguageGerman
GenreNon-fiction
Publication date
1927
Published in English
1940

Decisive Moments in History (German: Sternstunden der Menschheit, lit.'Stellar Moments of Humankind') is a 1927 history book by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It started off with only five miniatures in its first edition and grew to a collection of 14 with later editions. Its first English translation was published in 1940 as The Tide of Fortune: Twelve Historical Miniatures. The miniatures relate historical events that changed the world.