Why read The United States of Epic Fails?

Book cover of The United States of Epic Fails: 52 Crazy Stories and Blunders Through History That You Didn't Get Taught in School

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Have you ever wondered what the biggest failures in American history are?

Which sports teams just can’t seem to catch a break and keep failing, over and over and over in the most disastrous manner?

What are some of the biggest failures in American pop culture?

In The United States…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The United States of Epic Fails as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

David P. Barash

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This is an accessible account of history through the lens of how “mistakes were made,” and how most of us aren’t told about them.

It is plain old-fashioned great fun to read about blunders in the worlds of business, sports, pop culture, even some of America’s epic military failures (so long as they happened long ago!). A great corrective to claims that the US is uniquely blessed with perfection.

From David's list on The best books about people making mistakes: mythic, silly, tragic.