Matthew White Atrocitology 2011 Retail EPUB eBook-BitBook

| Atrocitology |
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| Humanity's 100 Deadliest Achievements |
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| DATE: 2012-07-01 SIZE: 1,76MB DISKS: 01_______4,77MB PAGES: |
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| PUBLISHER: Canongate Books GENRE: History |
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| AUTHOR: Matthew White |
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| FORMAT: EPUB PROTECTION: DRM EDITION: |
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| URL: http://is gd/J2ftvp |
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| LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 978-0-85786-125-2 |
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: Was the twentieth 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 wholly :
: original and remarkably ambitious work, 'Atrocitologist' Matthew White :
: considers man's inhumanity to man across several thousand years of history.:
: From the First Punic War and the collapse of Mayan rule, to the reign of :
: Peter the Great and the cataclysmic events of the Second World War, White's:
: epic book spans centuries and civilizations as it measures the hundred most:
: violent events in human history. While skeptical of any grand theory for :
: the causes of human violence, White does share three big lessons gleaned :
: from his careful statistical analysis: one, chaos is more deadly than :
: tyranny; two, the world is even more disorganized than we realize; and :
: three, wars kill more civilians than soldiers (in fact, the army is usually:
: the safest place to be). If we study history to avoid the mistakes of the :
: past, then there can be no more important place to start than this :
: eye-opening and entertaining book. :