Government and politics might seem twisted today, but they've always been strange.
There's something about public office that, throughout time, has transcended normalcy. Politics Weird-o-Pedia presents some of the oddest and most interesting political absurdities and tidbits from around the world, from Peter the Great's tax on beards to a lawmaker's mistress whom he kept on the congressional payroll despite her admission that "I can't type, I can't file, I can't even answer the phone."
Eminences include:
- Some of America's Founding Fathers wanted to jail newspaper reporters.
- A Mongolian conqueror liked to build cement walls out of the bodies of his vanquished opponents (while they were still alive).
- An all-female resistance to nuclear missiles in Britain resulted in a protest that lasted for nineteen years-long after the missiles were gone.
Politics Weird-o-Pedia doesn't stand still for a minute. It is intriguing, funny, and occasionally startling. It is more than a collection of trivia, adding bits of context and historical vignettes that make it clear that no matter how dysfunctional politics and government might seem today-we've been through it all many times before.
- ISBN10 1631583883
- ISBN13 9781631583889
- Publish Date 24 May 2018
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
- Imprint Racehorse Publishing
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 240
- Language English