*一本充满趣味事实和愚蠢事故的笨拙之书

*通过失败来审视历史

*本书是一系列的最新作品，前面两本书探讨了厕所的历史以及医学的历史

没人会以此为荣，但看到别人失败却很有趣。我们一起踏上一段寓教于乐的历史之旅，回顾人类历史上一些最愚蠢的决定，并了解我们从中汲取的（或未汲取的）教训。

从泰坦尼克号的沉没，到克里斯托弗·哥伦布的无数个失误，再到比萨斜塔的歪斜建造，读者将发现一些改变了我们世界的史诗级失败，或者仅仅让我们不禁思考“他们到底在想什么？”。每个故事都配有古怪插图，即使最毁灭性的失败也增添了幽默感。

关于作者：

Natalie Younger and Cassidy Maher are the hosts of Shared History, a history comedy podcast about the overlooked and under represented people and events from ancient to modern history. Cass is a comedian, podcaster, and musician based in Des Moines, Iowa, and Nat is a writer, comedian, actor, and podcaster based in Chicago, Illinois.

本系列其他书籍：《厕所的臭历史》A Stinky History of Toilets以及《医学病史》A Sick History of Medicine

本书目录：

An Epic History of Failure

4 - Military fails

6 - Trouble at sea

8 - The sinking of the Titanic

10 - Sports fails

12 - Mistakes so nice they made them twice

14 - Animal fails

16 - The Emu War

18 - Flights of fancy

20 - Migration and exploration

22 - Failed colonies and cities

24 - Space fails

26 - Accidental inventions

28 - The 1904 Summer Olympic marathon

30 - Edible fails

32 - Food fails

34 - Cosmetic/trend fails

36 - WWI + WWII fails

38 - Bad deals and financial fails

40 – Christopher Columbus

42 - Art and architecture fails

44 - Dead famous

46 - Glossary and Index

48 - Acknowledgments