Doomed to Repeat: The Lessons of History We've Failed to Learn

“Thosewhoforgethistoryaredoomedtorepeatit.”Andsowehave.Timeandagain,mankindhasfaceddownproblems,buthaveoftenfailedtotakethehard-earnedknowledgeintothenextbattle.DoomedtoRepeatisacollectionofessays,editedbyBillFawcett,thatilluminatessomeoftheproblemswe'vefacedrepeatedlythroughouthistory,includingIslamicjihad,terrorism,militaryinsurgencies,inflationandthedevaluationofcurrency,financialdisasters,ecologicalcollapses,radicalpoliticalminoritiesliketheNazisandBolsheviks,andpandemicsandepidemicsliketheBlackDeath.Withmorethan35chaptersoftheGroundhogDaysofworldhistory,bothinfamousandobscure,DoomedtoRepeat:TheLessonsofHistoryWe'veFailedtoLearnischock-fulloftrivia,history,andfascinatinglooksattheworld’srepeatedmistakes.