Humans - A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up (Phillips Tom)(Paperback / softback)

In the seventy thousand years that modern human beings have walked this earth, we´ve come a long way. Art, science, culture, trade - on the evolutionary food chain, we´re real winners. But, frankly, it´s not exactly been plain sailing, and sometimes - just occasionally - we´ve managed to really, truly, quite unbelievably f*ck things up. From Chairman Mao´s Four Pests Campaign, to the American Dustbowl; from the Austrian army attacking itself one drunken night, to the world´s leading superpower electing a reality TV mogul as President... it´s pretty safe to say that, as a species, we haven´t exactly grown wiser with age. So, next time you think you´ve really f*cked up, this book will remind you: it could be so much worse... ´A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... Both readable and entertaining´ - The Telegraph. ´Chronicles humanity´s myriad follies down the ages with malicious glee and much wit ... a rib-tickling page-turner´ - Business Standard. ´A timely, irreverent gallop through thousands of years of human stupidity´ - Nicholas Griffin, Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World
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