50 People Who Messed up the World

<P><B>Who would top <I>your </I>list of the fifty people who have done the most to make the modern world a worse place?</B></P><P>'I can't imagine how they whittled it down to just 50 people' <I>- comedian</I><br><I>Nik Rabinowitz </I></P><P>'A fantastic thought-provoking book that renews my appreciation for history. It reminds us how we got here and how we can avoid things getting worse'<br><I>Mandla Shongwe, SAFM Lifestyle</I></P><P>'A fascinating, terrific read' <br><I>Gareth Cliff, CliffCentral </I></P><P>From despotic mass-murderers to sports cheats, and from corrupt politicians to truly dreadful celebrities, who has had the most damaging -- or vexatious -- impact in their particular sphere of modern life?</P><P>This line-up of the very worst of the twentieth century and beyond includes the obvious candidates: those who have caused extraordinary damage through their murderous paranoia, brutal avarice, or demented self-regard -- Stalin, King Leopold, Idi Amin and the like. </P><P>But murderous dictators aside, there are plenty of others who deserve recognition for their role in making the world a significantly more dangerous or, at the very least, more annoying place: terrorist Carlos the Jackal; Robert Oppenheimer, the man who gave the world the atomic bomb; notorious sports cheat Lance Armstrong; and the one and only President Donald Trump, who has of course succeeded in making the world both more annoying <I>and</I> more dangerous. </P><P>This perfectly focused spotlight on infamy is illustrated throughout by award-winning political cartoonist Zapiro.</P>