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. In this wholly original and remarkably ambitious work, 'Atrocitologist' Matthew White considers man's inhumanity to man across several thousand years of history. While sceptical 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 disorganised than we realise; and
three, wars kill more civilians than soldiers (in fact, the army is usually the safest place to be).
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 civilisations as it measures the hundred most violent events in human history. If we study history in order to avoid the mistakes of the past, then there can be no more important place to start.
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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 civilisations as it measures the hundred most violent events in human history.
Atrocitology Humanity's 100 Deadliest Achievements features in the following genres: Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Biographies & Autobiographies, History, Recommendations, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, History and Archaeology
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Atrocitology Humanity's 100 Deadliest Achievements was written by Matthew White and published by Canongate Books Ltd
Atrocitology Humanity's 100 Deadliest Achievements has 669 pages
