You Did What?: Mad Plans and Great Historical Disasters

by Bill Fawcett and Brian M. Thomsen

Book Overview

History has never been more fun than it is in this fact-filled compendium of historical fiascoes and embarrassingly bad ideas.

Throughout history, the rich and powerful, and even just the dim-witted, have made horrifically bad decisions that have had resounding effects on our world. From kings to corporate leaders, from captains to presidents, no one is immune to bad decisions and their lasting legacy. The fiascoes that litter our history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060532505
• ISBN13: 9780060532505
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Very good light reading for the amateur historian

Personally, I enjoyed the book. There was much I learned from this book. I knew very little of the Galveston Hurricane. I did not realize that "New Coke" is still made in certain parts of the country. I never realized that Napoleon's big mistake at Waterloo was in having the wrong adjutant in charge. Or how the Kaiser's hatred for his mother helped in causing World War 1. This and many more interesting tidbits are top be found in this book. The only problem with this book is that most of the entries are fairly modern.