The Yugo: the Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History is a fascinating book about an infamous automobile. However, it is also a history of failed entrepreneurship, a history of Cold War politics and a history of America’s unique relations with communist Yugoslavia. In addition, it’s snapshot of the world automobile industry as well a nostalgic look at 1980s popular culture. It is The Yugo: the Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History.

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