Badlands is Tony Wheeler´s personal account of his experiences in some of the most repressed and dangerous regimes in the world. He selected these ´Bad Lands´ based on a simple criteria – how each country treats its own citizens, if it is involved in terrorism and if it is a threat to other countries. He examines nine countries – Afghanistan, Albania, Burma, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea and Saudi Arabia – in an incisive political and social commentary that asks ´what makes a country truly evil?´ ´How bad is really bad?´ “”Badlands”” is a witty and personal travel account by the founder of Lonely Planet, a fascinating account of life in these closed off countries that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the state of the world today. A list of extra “”Badlands”” that didn´t quite make the list Tony Wheeler´s “”Evil Meter[trademark]”” – How does a country achieve Bad Land status? What makes a country truly evil? And what country heads the list?
