History's Worst Decisions and Inventions: Famous Mistakes and the People Behind Them
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781802420746
- Categories [2025], BX, BXOS, History, New Arrivals OS, NF HIS, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Humanities, OCT25_1
- Author(s) Stephen Weir
- Publisher The Quarto Group
- Pages 432
- Format Hardcover
- Dimensions 19.7cm x 3.2cm x 25.2cm
- Weight 1.52 kg
product description
Revisit the worst decisions and inventions across the ages.
History's Worst Decisions & Inventions takes in a broad sweep of human history, from the ancient to modern times. Chapters include:
- General Custer and Little Bighorn
- Winston Churchill and the Map of Iraq
- Chernobyl
- The Crinoline
- The Birth of the Computer Virus
- Subprime Mortgages
This beautifully illustrated edition is presented in full color and includes over 160 photographs, paintings, illustrations, and maps depicting events and intentions as they unfolded, as well as showing you history's heroes and villains, and the victims and consequences of their decisions and inventions.
