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Matthew white on humanitys 100 deadliest achievements, nov. The 100 deadliest episodes in human history provides a blunt view at mankinds destructive ways from the second persian war 480 bc to the second congo war 2002. Wwii and climate change, may 20, 2012 christian science monitor. The definitive chronicle of historys 100 worst atrocities w. In may of 2012, the daily mail posted an article regarding author matthew white s book, the great big book of horrible things which ranks the worst atrocities in history. War kills more civilians than soldiers, writes the author. Reaching back to 480 bces second persian war, white moves chronologically through history to this centurys war in the.
Matthew white walks us through the history of human warfare, slaughter, genocide, conquest and slavery in an attempt to chronicle our savage behaviour, often under the banner of christ, mohammed or yahweh. In short, he refutes to habit of historians in labeling the hundreds of millions of deaths discussed in this book as mere statistics. White the great big book of horrible things definitive chronicle historys 100 worst atrocities matthew white special storytime. Matthew white, a historian who lives in richmond, wrote one of my favorite books about military history. Download read the great big book of horrible things. An etsimated,, people were murdered in a span of days. It is, to a certain extent, the moneyball of atrocity studies as it is the culmination of matthew white s obsession with the cold facts and hard numbers behind all the man made disasters since the beginning of recorded history. The definitive chronicle of historys 100 worst atrocities matthew white download here. On top of librarian matthew whites list of historys most horrible. The answer, of course, is that both were quite terrible. Matthew white is the creator of the online historical atlas of the 20th century. Matthew white evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in matthew white s epic examination of historys one hundred most violent events, or, in white s piquant phrasing, the numbers that people want to. Matthew white uses it elegantly in the title of his fascinating new, big and easytoread reference book. Between these two bookends are a multitude of wars, genocides, rebellions, crusades, revolts and general actsmissions of deadly cruelty that consumed hundreds of.
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A compulsively readable and utterly original account of world. Including an introduction by harvards steven pinker, it offers an impressive 669page analysis of, according to the author, the one hundred events with the largest manmade death tolls. In the newly published the great big book of horrible things. Evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in matthew whites epic examination of historys one hundred most violent events, or. In his book atrocitology aka the big bad book of horrible things in other editions matthew white lists the 100 bloodiest episodes of human history. The definitive chronicle of historys 100 worst atrocities by white, matthew isbn. Aug 25, 2011 the great big book of horrible things. The 20 worst things people have done to each other new. The worst form of government the history of democracy from beginning to end prologue. Between the two dictators, something on the order of 100,000,000 people died during their regimesmost of them noncombatants.
Matthew white author of the great big book of horrible. Click to read more about the great big book of horrible things. Fight or not, white is an equalopportunity quantifier, showing that if zulu chief and sometime hero shaka had plenty of innocent blood on his hands, so did the french and british imperialists, to say nothing of robert mcnamara. The book provides a ranking of the hundred worst atrocities of mankind based on the number of deaths. Evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in matthew whites epic examination of historys one hundred most violent events, or, in whites piquant. A compulsively readable and utterly original account of world historyfrom an atrocitologists point of view. Matthew white, the great big book of horrible things november 6, 2011 micah cohen, matthew ericson, bill marsh and kevin quealythe new york times. The definitive chronicle of historys 100 worst atrocities is a popular history book by matthew white, an independent scholar and selfdescribed atrocitologist. Librarian matthew white discusses the great big book of horrible things and his desire to set the record straight. I read this book a few years ago under its original title of the great big book of horrible things.
Nov 09, 2011 matthew whites great big book of horrible things chronicles what it defines as historys 100 worst atrocities, based on death counts, although scholars quibble with the numbers. Matthew white author of the great big book of horrible things. May 21, 2012 the great big book of horrible things. The definitive chronicle of historys 100 worst atrocities by matthew white 17feb2012 hardcover hardcover january 1, 1600 4. For more, see white s new book, the great big book of horrible things. The definitive chronicle of historys 100 worst atrocities is a book by matthew white, an independent scholar and selfdescribed atrocitologist.
Matthew white evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in matthew whites epic examination of historys one hundred most violent events, or, in whites piquant phrasing, the numbers that people want to. Somehow, humanity made it to 2017, so theres a good chance well make it through again. I should have done another picture to show you how big this book is. Observing that nothing will prompt a fight more quickly than a set of numbers, white merrily quantifies the grimmest records humans have setand if theres any overarching lesson to take from his book, it is that our species is little more than. Oct 21, 2011 the 20 deadliest events in human history, from matthew white s website. The great big book of horrible things matthew white download. Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. Jan 27, 2016 the great big book of horrible things. The worst form of government the history of democracy from beginning to end by matthew white. Evangelists of human growth meet their contrary in matthew white s epic exam of historys 100 such a lot violent occasions, or, in white s piquant phraseology, the numbers that individuals are looking to argue about. Im rereading it now because its oddly comforting to see how bad things have been in ages past.