Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History
Matthew White
(Author)
Steven Pinker
(Foreword by)
Description
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.Product Details
Price
$19.95
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
May 13, 2013
Pages
669
Dimensions
7.0 X 1.9 X 9.1 inches | 2.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393345230
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About the Author
Matthew White has appeared in many musicals, including Les Misérables, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar. As a director he has worked extensively with professionals, amateurs and students: his credits include Carousel, Oklahoma!, Hot Mikado, Into the Woods, The Demon Headmaster, Starting Here, Starting Now, and Closer Than Ever. He is also a regular guest director at Mountview Theatre School, The Royal Academy of Music and is a consultant at the London School of Musical Theatre.
Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two-time Pulitzer finalist and the winner of many prizes for his research, teaching, and books, he has been named one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world today and Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers. He lives in Cambridge.
Reviews
Genius.
[White] doesn't take sides so much as report the facts--and the death tolls. . . . Full of fascinating information about parts of the world little-known to most Westerners.
A fascinating read thanks to White's keen grasp of history and his wry take on the villains of the past.
White . . . gives voice to the suffering of ordinary people that, inexorably, has defined every historical epoch.
[White] doesn't take sides so much as report the facts--and the death tolls. . . . Full of fascinating information about parts of the world little-known to most Westerners.
A fascinating read thanks to White's keen grasp of history and his wry take on the villains of the past.
White . . . gives voice to the suffering of ordinary people that, inexorably, has defined every historical epoch.
