Tony Wheeler's Bad Lands Philip Joseph Holden This fascinating book is the

This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States

Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we think we are

Publication Date: 06 May 2004

the empire crumbling before the invading hordes

With comprehensive back-matter including a glossary

Tony Wheeler's Bad Lands Philip Joseph Holden This fascinating book is theLonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*A tourist on the Axis of Evil.'You guys really are the axis of evil', our guide splutters over his stein of beer in the Pyongyang duck restaurant. 'You're always leaning out of the windows and taking photographs when I tell you not to.'In an age of plastic knives on planes, Tony Wheeler can make the extraordinary claim of having visited all the rogue countries currently on newsreaders' lips.