恐怖之事大全书
The great big book of horrible things
Matthew White · 初版 2012 年
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在这部对历史上最具暴力色彩的100起事件的宏大审视中，人类进步的宣扬者们遇到了他们的反面；或者用 Matthew White 辛辣的措辞来说，即“人们热衷争辩的数字”。从公元前480年的第二次波希战争追溯起，White 依时间顺序纵贯历史，一直写到本世纪的刚果战争，并为每一事件独立成章，将确凿的事实（时间与地点）和精炼的总结（通常谁应受谴责？）与生动的军事、社会和政治历史融为一体。White 以资深统计学家的眼光，为每一个条目赋予了排
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相关推荐：想要一份按死亡人数排名的史上百大暴行精选清单，可以看看马修·怀特（Matthew White）的《The Great Big Book of Horrible Things》[0]。这本书脱胎于他的网站“二十世纪历史地图集”（Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century），虽然他职业不是历史学家（好像是个图书管理员），但书的考证极其扎实（大量脚注，……
Related: For curated list of the 100 largest atrocities, ranked by largest loss of life, check out Matthew White's The Great Big Book of Horrible Things [0] It grew out of his website, Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century, and while he is not an historian by profession (I believe he's a librarian), the book is very well researched (lots of footnotes,…
如果有对历史上的暴行感兴趣的，《The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History's 100 Worst Atrocities》（作者 Matthew White）精装版正在特价，只要 7 美元。奇葩的是，Kindle 版要 10 美元，平装版要 11 美元。http://amzn.to/2voMw7Y
For anyone interested in historical atrocities, "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History's 100 Worst Atrocities" by Matthew White hardcover is on sale for $7. Oddly, the Kindle version is $10 and paperback $11. http://amzn.to/2voMw7Y
……一路上参考了加里森的300万和埃尔森的500万等数据。我采用了偏低的中间值（即加里森的估算）作为我的估计值。两个极端值的几何平均数是300万。”——马修·怀特，《The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History’s 100 Worst Atrocities》（2012年），第576页（见“十字军东征”章节下的脚注1）。或者，法西斯分子在二战期间感受到的那种被宗教赋予的、去统治他人的君权神授感……
…passing through 3 million (Garrison…) and 5 million (Elson…) along the way. I took the low middle (Garrison’s estimate) as my estimate. The geometric means of the extremes is 3 million.” Matthew White, The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History’s 100 Worst Atrocities (2012), p. 576 (see f.n. 1 under The Crusades). Or, the religiously affirmed divine right fascists felt during WW2 to rule others as decreed…