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History's worst decisions and the people who made them / Stephen Weir

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Name Weir, Stephen
Title History's worst decisions and the people who made them / Stephen Weir
Published Millers Point, N.S.W. : Murdoch Books, 2005
Description 256p., ill., maps, ports. (black & white)., 23.5 cm
Summary Mankind's past is strewn with mistakes, colossal blunders driven by virtue as often as by vice. History's Worst Decisions and the People Who Made Them is a chronological look at such monumental missteps, from Adam and the apple and Hannibal's avalanche to the destruction of the Himalayan rain forest and the billions of dollars wasted on the Y2K scare. Author Stephen Weir's eccentric and insightful chronicle introduces us to the people and reveals the motivations behind the most detrimental of dreadful decisions. Conside Churchill's brash overconfidence in World War I's Gallipoli campaign, which took the loves of over 100,000 soldiers and gained the Allied forces virtually nothing. Or Gerald Ratner, who, in a moment of poorly timed candor, derided one of his company's products - "crap," he called it - and effectively destroyed the multimillion-dollar firm and thousands of jobs with a single word. We alternately despise and empathize with the ill-fated figures while their cautionary tales compel us to reflect on our own choices for better or for worse. History's Worst Decisions and the People who Made Them, is an engrossing and enlightening collection of the most disastrous debacles, lest we forget.
Subjects Decisions-making -- History -- History -- Errors, inventions etc
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