Who Hates Whom

An absorbing breezy andultimatelyhopeful (Ken Jennings) guide to world conflicts from the large and important to the completely absurd.A handy history of violence that is at once surprising fascinating enlightening and surprisingly not totally depressing.John Hodgeman author of The Areas of My Expertise and former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon StewartThe daily news gives you events but rarely context. So what do al-Qaeda North Korea and Iran really want? Which faction is which in Iraq and whos arming whom? Whats the deal with Somalia Darfur and Kashmir? Israel and Palestine Hamas and Hezbollah?Who Hates Whom a seriously amusing look at global humanityand the lack thereofpresents global chaos made simple. Topics include: Which countries are fighting over an uninhabitable glacier with no real strategic valueat an annual cost of half a billion dollars? Which underreported war has been the deadliest since World War IIworse even than Vietnamwith a continuing aftermath worse than most current conflicts combined? Which royal family members were respected as godsuntil the crown prince machine-gunned the king and queen? Which countrys high school students think the Nazis had a good side? Which nations readers recently put Mein Kampf on the bestseller list? And which other country watches itself with four million security cameras? (Hint: All three are U.S. allies.). Detailed with over fifty original maps photographs and illustrations Who Hates Whom summarizes more than thirty global hotspots with concise essays eye-catching diagrams and (where possible) glimmers of kindness and hope.