I Told You So: True Stories of People Who Predicted History's Biggest Mistakes

by H. Paul Jeffers

Who had the biggest "I told you so" in American history? Find out in this comprehensive compendium of history's fools and sages. When Admiral Richardson advised FDR to pull back the Pacific Fleet from Pearl Harbor saying it was ill-prepared to thwart an attack by the Japanese, he was fired. Months later, FDR got the one of the biggest "I told you so's" ever recorded. In this book, historian Paul Jeffers ( 21, The Bully Pulpit ), has compiled this and 17 more stories of men who ignored advisors' warnings, forged ahead and regretted it, as well as a few men who had the satisfaction of proving the naysayers wrong.

200 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2006

About the author

H. Paul Jeffers was an established military historian and author of seventy books. He worked as an editor and producer at ABC, CBS and NBC, and is the only person to have been news director of both of New York City's all-news radio stations. He taught journalism at New York University, Syracuse University, and Boston University.