History's worst decisions and the people who made them
By: Stephen Weir
Edition: Illustrated ed.
Publisher: Pier 9
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781741960518; 9781435111745
Subjects: Errors, inventions; Management; Disasters; Decision making; History
Description: "History is strewn with mistakes. Many of them were made by well-intentioned people who were bright, intelligent, capable--but who just made the wrong decision. Many of them fall into the simplest category or error: they took Route A instead of Route B, and to a lot of them it 'seemed like a good idea at the time'. However, there have also been some monumentally stupid decisions too. History's Worst Decisions and the People Who Made Them (Illustrated Edition) journeys through the foolishness of humanity, from the honest gaffe to the really, really dumb."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.