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Exterminate All the Brutes: One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide
  
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Exterminate All the Brutes: One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide (Paperback)
by Sven Lindqvist (Author), Joan Tate (Translator)
4.7 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Granta Books; New Ed edition (8 Oct 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1862071454
  • ISBN-13: 978-1862071452
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 854,083 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
In a chilling and controversial book, Swedish author Sven Lindqvist recounts the grisly history of 19th-century European imperialism and its connection to a legacy of genocide. Moving crudely through present-day Africa while tracing the routes of British conquerors, Lindqvist tells how armed troops massacred 11,000 Sudanese with only 48 British deaths in 1898 and how the King of Ashanti was made to kiss the feet of British officers in 1896. Lindqvist doesn't stop in Africa, writing of the extermination of the Tasmanian aborigines and other atrocities inflicted on native people. He then connects those acts with those of the Nazi regime, showing how rampant imperialism sowed the seeds of the Holocaust. A moving account of the forces of history.

Synopsis
Taking its title from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", this study traces Europe's dark history in Africa. It is written both in the form of a travel diary and as a historical examination of European imperialism and rascism over the past two centuries.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, 23 April 2000
By johnny.jo@virgin.net (Hampshire, England) - See all my reviews
This book should be part of the curriculum in schools around the world. European colonialism as it actually was rather than what we are told in the class-room. This book makes me ashamed to be called a European if this is what our ancestors were capable of.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Completely stunning, 12 Jul 1999
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A book that leaves you breathless. All you students of literature : I am sure you never thought that scientific books ABOUT another book could be more chilling than the original book. For myself, I simply could not stop reading and completed the 200 pages in about 3 hours. And the most astonishing thing of all : it really works to mesh novel, travel report and scientific literature into one book that is highly readable, informative and emotionally moving. Read it - you won't forget it.
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