Great Big Book of Horrible Things The 100 Worst Things People Have Done to Each Other

Name: Great Big Book of Horrible Things The 100 Worst Things People Have Done to Each Other
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ISBN: 9780393081923

ISBN-10: 0393081923

ISBN-13: 9780393081923

Edition: 2012

Authors: Matthew White

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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,…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/7/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 688
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.60" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English