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Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur
Ever wonder why history keeps serving up the same brutal recipe of genocide, no matter the century or continent? Spoiler: It’s not just madness or chaos—it’s a toxic cocktail of ideas and ambitions that keeps bubbling up. Ben Kiernan’s “Blood and Soil” tries to pin down the patterns behind humanity’s ugliest habit: wiping out entire peoples to remake the world in their own image.
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