The Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irresistible Guide to Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres and Mayhem
by Stuart Berg Flexner and Doris Flexner
A text for cynics, skeptics, and misanthropes chronicles the disastrous events--from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, to the death of Socrates, to the Exxon Valdez oil spill--that have shaped the history of the world.
Release Date:
March 31, 2000