Focusing on the unforgiving and blunder-strewn world of politics, this book aims to provide an entertaining survey of incompetence from ancient times to the present. It records major blunders such as Suez and Watergate, and slips of the tongue by the likes of Quayle, Ford and Thatcher. As well as shedding light on celebrated examples of political nemesis, including the fall of Charles Stewart Parnell and the dethronement of Margaret Thatcher, the book recounts some less-well-known but nonetheless influential examples of bungling. The roll-call of fools, villains and victims encompasses names as diverse as Napoleon III, Hitler, Nixon, Churchill, McCarthy, Galtieri and Carter.
- ISBN10 085112545X
- ISBN13 9780851125459
- Publish Date June 1996
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Guinness World Records Limited
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English