The Worst Decisions Ever!: History's Biggest Mistakes and the People Who Made Them

History is a catalogue of errors, and The Worst Decisions…Ever! shines a light on some of the biggest. Starting with Adam and Eve’s original lapse of culinary judgment, author Stephen Weir takes you on a tour from the Trojan War to the Enron scandal, meeting such famous culprits as Cleopatra, Winston Churchill, and Robert Mugabe along the way.The Worst Decisions…Ever! doesn’t just point the finger at individuals; the actions of governments and corporations are also scrutinized. The motivations—often sinister, sometimes innocent—that led those responsible to commit their mistakes are unveiled, as is the lasting impact that their decisions have had on the world that we live in today.