The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Conflicts

by Steven D. Strauss

Complete Idiot's Guide to World Conflicts (02) by Strauss, Steven D [Paperback (2002)]

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Politics, Reference

336 pages, Paperback

First published May 2, 2006

Reviews

[S Daly · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is about 20 years old, it has taught me a lot about other countries that I did not know. I have also learned that in the past 20 years nothing has changed...

[Lindsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now that I’ve studied history more I realize that they left out quite a few things. The countries of the Ottoman Empire and Northern Africa were involved in a huge slavery ring that stole people from modern day Ukraine and Russia (we’re talking 10s of millions over the years) along with Italy and other nearby countries. It went on from the 1600’s to the late 1800’s and sometimes early 1900’s. We’ve all heard of Barbary Pirates but historians usually fail to mention that they were mostly pirating PEOPLE. Not a whisper of it was mentioned in this book. I don’t personally know how it influenced that part of the world-that’s why I bought a book about it. I could accept an articulate theory on it not affecting later politics but I thought not mentioning it at all was pretty questionable. It had a good summary of later politics so I still liked it.

[Ellen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little dated, but that's what happens when you raid the second-hand sale at your local library. Bite size yet not so easily digestible tales of violence and atrocity. I can't get the Sierra Leone section out of my head – horrifying.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

funny and concise explanation of global conflicts - really helped me as a teacher to better explain why we fight

[Star Shining Forever · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very nice overview of pretty much all the world conflicts of the 20th century.