| Doomed to Repeat PB Contributor(s): Fawcett, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062069063 ISBN-13: 9780062069061 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Essays - History | World - General - History | Military - Naval |
| Dewey: 909 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.33" W x 7.98" (0.52 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." And so we have. Time and again, mankind has faced down problems, but have often failed to take the hard-earned knowledge into the next battle. Doomed to Repeat is a collection of essays, edited by Bill Fawcett, that illuminates some of the problems we've faced repeatedly throughout history, including Islamic jihad, terrorism, military insurgencies, inflation and the devaluation of currency, financial disasters, ecological collapses, radical political minorities like the Nazis and Bolsheviks, and pandemics and epidemics like the Black Death. With more than 35 chapters of the Groundhog Days of world history, both infamous and obscure, Doomed to Repeat: The Lessons of History We've Failed to Learn is chock-full of trivia, history, and fascinating looks at the world's repeated mistakes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fawcett, Bill: - Bill Fawcett is the author and editor of more than a dozen books, including You Did What?, It Seemed Like a Good Idea . . . , How to Lose a Battle, and You Said What? He lives in Illinois. |
