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The tale of Europe in the 20th century is one of immense human suffering, marked by two world wars and the decay of idealism at a massive scale

The tale of Europe in the 20th century is one of immense human suffering, marked by two world wars and the decay of idealism at a massive scale

Geert Mak – In Europe (read in Dutch)

Impressive work that bridges the gap between a conceptual narrative and the personal experience of the people living through it.

Africa and Africans have never been taken seriously by the Western world, simplifying the story of the continent to ‘famine and safaris’

Africa and Africans have never been taken seriously by the Western world, simplifying the story of the continent to ‘famine and safaris’

Dipo Faloyin – Africa is not a country

Well known story told in a fresh style, which unfortunately still serves a purpose.

Aging populations and the breakdown of global trade make that very bad things are going to happen all over the world, but less so in the USA

Aging populations and the breakdown of global trade make that very bad things are going to happen all over the world, but less so in the USA

Peter Zeihan – The end of the world is just the beginning

Highly entertaining read with a lot of black humor, but incomplete in its analysis (e.g. of risk of internal conflicts in the USA and likelihood of collaboration between states in Europe).

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