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The Pessimist's Guide to History 3e: An Irresistible Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres, and Mayhem--From 14 Billion Years Ago to 2007

The Pessimist's Guide to History 3e: An Irresistible Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres, and Mayhem--From 14 Billion Years Ago to 2007 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Doris Flexner, Stuart Berg FlexnerPublish date:2008-06-01Pages:512
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061431012ISBN-10:006143101XUPC:9780061431012Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Reference, Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War I, Civil WarsSize:8.00 x 5.36 x 1.16 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCXGBR38S3

The classic irreverent look at the past--now updated with even more appalling facts

Fourteen billion or so years ago, the Big Bang exploded--and it's been downhill from there. For every spectacular discovery throughout history, there have been hundreds of devastating epidemics; for every benevolent despot, a thousand like Vlad the Impaler; for every cup half-full, a larger cup half-empty. This enthralling, enlightening, and devilishly entertaining chronicle of disasters and dastardly deeds brings to light the darkest events in history and the most abysmal calamities to strike the planet . . . so far.

88 BC: Mithridates VI Eupator provides an early example of genocide by massacring 100,000 Romans.

1347: Saint Vitus' Dance Epidemic shimmies across Europe like a deadly disco fever, leaving its victims twitching, uncontrollably leaping, and foaming at the mouth.

1888: Jack the Ripper stalks through the dark alleys of Whitechapel, England, turning the world's oldest profession into the world's most dangerous one.

1939: A Swiss chemist wins a Nobel Prize for developing DDT--and the environment gets another nail in the coffin.

2005: Hurricane Katrina devastates the Gulf Coast. In a classic double whammy, the government response also devastates the Gulf Coast.

And much, much more

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061431012ISBN-10:006143101XUPC:9780061431012Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Reference, Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War I, Civil WarsSize:8.00 x 5.36 x 1.16 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCXGBR38S3
Flexner, Doris: - Stuart Flexner and Doris Flexner are popular reference historians. Doris Flexner, who did all the updates on this book, is also the author of The Optimist's Guide to History. She lives in Chapel Hill, NC.Flexner, Stuart Berg: - Stuart Flexner and Doris Flexner are popular reference historians. Doris Flexner, who did all the updates on this book, is also the author of The Optimist's Guide to History. She lives in Chapel Hill, NC.
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