Atrocitology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Atrocitology write by Matthew White. This book was released on 2012-09. Atrocitology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Was the 20th century the most violent in history? Are religions or tyrants, capitalism or communism the cause of most human suffering? Has violence increased or decreased over the course of history? In this work, White considers man's inhumanity to man across several thousand years of history.
The Great Big Book of Horrible Things
The Great Big Book of Horrible Things - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Big Book of Horrible Things write by Matthew White. This book was released on 2011-10-25. The Great Big Book of Horrible Things available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A compulsively readable and utterly original account of world history—from an atrocitologist’s point of view. 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.
Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History
Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History write by Matthew White. This book was released on 2011-11-07. Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “An amusing (really) account of the murderous ways of despots, slave traders, blundering royals, gladiators and assorted hordes.”—New York Times 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 the Second Persian War in 480 BCE and moving chronologically through history, White surrounds hard facts (time and place) and succinct takeaways (who usually gets the blame?) with lively military, social, and political histories.
One Bloody Thing After Another
One Bloody Thing After Another - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook One Bloody Thing After Another write by Jacob F. Field. This book was released on 2012-09-06. One Bloody Thing After Another available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Moving chronologically, this horrifying guide explores the world's bloodiest battles and most murderous queens, as well as delving into some of the more unusual aspects of history.
Pragmatic Nonviolence
Pragmatic Nonviolence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pragmatic Nonviolence write by Andrew Fitz-Gibbon. This book was released on 2021. Pragmatic Nonviolence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Pragmatic Nonviolence is an important contribution to the philosophy of nonviolence. By writing in a manner accessible to undergraduates and to general readers, Fitz- Gibbon broadens the audience for his argument. On multiple levels, this book successfully stimulates reflection and discussion on how pragmatic nonviolence offers a moral and an effective response to violence that advances progress toward "a better world""--
