A DELIGHTFUL JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST CREATIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE ABOMINATIONS OF HUMAN HISTORY

In the seventy thousand years that the human species has walked this earth, we have accomplished much. In art, in science, in culture, in trade, in the food chain we are true victors. However, with all honesty, it wasn’t just a stroll in the park and at times we have really managed, as incredible as it may seem, to screw things up.

From Mao Zedong's Four Pests Campaign to the American Dust Bowl; from the Austrian army attacking itself one night when everyone was drunk to the global superpower that elected a television titan as President... it is relatively safe to say that, as a species, we haven't gotten any smarter as we've grown.

So, the next time you think you've really messed up, this book will remind you that things could be much worse...