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The Great Big Book of Horrible Things

By Matthew White

The Great Big Book of Horrible Things Film, Art & Culture

The Great Big Book of Horrible Things

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Description
Evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in Matthew White's epic examination of history's one hundred most violent events, or, in White's piquant phrasing, "the numbers that people want to argue about." Reaching back to 480 BCE's second Persian War, White moves chronologically through history to this century's war in the Congo and devotes chapters to each event, where he surrounds hard facts (time and place) and succinct takeaways (who usually gets the blame?) with lively military, social, and political histories. With the eye of a seasoned statistician, White assigns each entry a ranking based on body count, and in doing so he gives voice to the suffering of ordinary people that, inexorably, has defined every historical epoch. By turns droll, insightful, matter-of-fact, and ultimately sympathetic to those who died, The Great Big Book of Horrible Things gives readers a chance to reach their own conclusions while offering a stark reminder of the darkness of the human heart.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
688
Release Date:
2011-11-07
Publication Date:
2011-11-07
Publisher:
Blue Guides Limited of London
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0393081923
ISBN13:
9780393081923
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1294 g
Height:
189 cm
Width:
242 cm
Thickness:
55 cm
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