
Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing
100 More Mistakes That Lost Elections, Ended Empires, and Made the World What It Is Today
Bill Fawcett(Author)
Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Published on 4. December 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-425-25736-4 (ISBN)
Description
Hindsight hurts.
* The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, having the American colonies pay for their own defense-which instead starts a revolution.
* In 1929, President Herbert Hoover decides to let the economy fix itself…and the Great Depression gets greater.
* Nixon tapes everything he says in the Oval Office, believing it will all be of great historical value. He turns out to be right when those same tapes cost him his presidency.
* Charles the First cuts a deal with the Irish to fight Parliament that instead loses him public support-and later his head.
Along with 100 Mistakes that Changed the World, Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing proves once again that when global leaders drop the ball, the whole world shakes. With a hundred more bombshell blunders-from Pickett's Charge to the Lewinski scandal-this compendium takes a fascinating look at some of history's greatest turns for the worse.
* The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, having the American colonies pay for their own defense-which instead starts a revolution.
* In 1929, President Herbert Hoover decides to let the economy fix itself…and the Great Depression gets greater.
* Nixon tapes everything he says in the Oval Office, believing it will all be of great historical value. He turns out to be right when those same tapes cost him his presidency.
* Charles the First cuts a deal with the Irish to fight Parliament that instead loses him public support-and later his head.
Along with 100 Mistakes that Changed the World, Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing proves once again that when global leaders drop the ball, the whole world shakes. With a hundred more bombshell blunders-from Pickett's Charge to the Lewinski scandal-this compendium takes a fascinating look at some of history's greatest turns for the worse.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Target group
US School Grade: Twelfth Grade and over, Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
467 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-425-25736-4 (9780425257364)
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Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing
100 More Mistakes That Lost Elections, Ended Empires, and Made the World What It Is Today
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