Doomed to repeat
Subtitle: the lessons of history we've failed to learn
By: Bill Fawcett
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780062069061
Subjects: Miscellanea; World history; Errors, inventions; History
Description: Examines the world's mistakes throughout history, including military insurgencies, inflation and devaluation of currency, financial disasters, ecological collapses, pandemics and epidemics, and the rise of radical political minorities.
Table of contents: title: Afghanistan, again?; title: Terrorism, still; title: North of the Sahara; title: Sub-Saharan Africa; title: A plague on all of our houses; title: How you say it; title: Speculation and crashes; title: Too much money?; title: Unemployment; title: Depressions and recessions; title: Depression and recession cures; title: The destruction of the middle class; title: Britain, former superpower; title: America and the Roman Empire.