With several brutal wars raging and more potentially imminent, formerly "decent" people are turning into bloodthirsty sharks. This episode examines history's most devastating conflicts using Matthew White's meticulously researched "Atrocities"—data respected across the political spectrum. Blood transcends political bias, revealing how Eurocentric our historical education is. When countries are bucking toward war, only perspective keeps us from getting thrown.

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Bibliography:

Atrocities by Matthew White

Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder

A History of China by John Keay

The First World War by John Keegan

A History of the Second World War by Liddell Hart

Plagues and Peoples by McNeil

Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant

A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom by Steven R. Platt

The Cambridge Illustrated History of China

War, Peace and War by Peter Turchin

the Later Roman Empire by Bury

A Guide to Late Antiquity by Peter Brown

History's Greatest Wars by Cummins

Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quiggley

A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia by David Christian

War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat

The 30 Years War by Peter Wilson

The Military Revolution by Geoffrey Parker

The General Crisis by Geoffrey Parker

Africa by John Reader

African History by Basil Davidson

Inglorious Empire by Sashi Tharoor

Europe: A History by Norman Davies

The Soul of India by Amaury de Riencourt

Destiny Disrupted by Tamim Ansary

Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin

Generations of Captivity by Berlin

The Story of the Americas by Leland Dewitt Baldwin