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Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur
Ben Kiernan’s “Blood and Soil” reveals genocide as a grimly consistent pattern, not random chaos. It’s fueled by a toxic mix of ancient myth-making, land obsession, ethnic hatred, and territorial greed. Why do these deadly ingredients keep resurfacing across history’s darkest chapters?
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