What a history book! Lets just get to it - what is the worst and dumbest decisions ever made, US, World,not the universe - yet. Axelrod not only writes a book that is easy to read, it is a book that is hard to put down. My God, what other dumb decision is there? From Custer to Katrina, from Rasputin to George W Bush we are treated to thoughtful essays that provide us with a great opportunity to see when leadership failed us.Enron to Edsel the book jumps from politics to economy. The book looks at some of the worst presidents to some of the best, but it spares no rod when it sees the Gulf of Tonkin and the Dred Scott decisions.
This book is real and thought provoking history. From "I am not a crook" to the racist refusal to use the African American Troops at Petersburg we are reminded that we do not live with the best decisions, we survive the worst.
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