For every success in the history of the world, there has also been a mistake. For every
breakthrough, a blunder, and for every genius, a blunderer. This astonishing collection of
tales makes fascinating and compulsive reading. From w rongful imprisonments and a near fatal prison shoot-out resulting from mistaken identity, together w ith a catalogue of tragic human errors leading to disasters the w hole w orld mourns, this collection pulls together the world's gravest errors. These accounts of natural disasters, human error and major catastrophes give an absorbing insight into the slip-ups of the last century.