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    Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch: Skull-Crushing True Stories of the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide Charges, and Military Engagements of All Time
    Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch: Skull-Crushing True Stories of the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide Charges, and Military Engagements of All Time
    Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch: Skull-Crushing True Stories of the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide Charges, and Military Engagements of All Time
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    Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch: Skull-Crushing True Stories of the Most Hardcore Duels, Showdowns, Fistfights, Last Stands, Suicide Charges, and Military Engagements of All Time

    Written by Ben Thompson

    Narrated by Stephen Bowlby

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    Unstoppable true stories of the most hardcore showdowns, last stands, and military engagements of all time! When only one can live, it's an Ultimate Deathmatch!

    This ain't no table tennis. You're not here to skip rope with your niece. You're here to witness the catastrophically awesome exploits of history's greatest badasses. Not only that, you're here to see what happens when badasses collide, when glory and doom hang in the balance, when two men enter one man leaves. If you dare listen, you'll hear the stories of . . .

    Cyrus the Great
    The king who forged the Persian Empire with blood, steel, and a few thousand rampaging camels

    St. Moses the Black
    The Patron Saint of Asskickings, who taught bandit thugs a lesson in turning the other cheek

    The War of Aracau
    The only successful indigenous resistance to Spanish colonization, led by a Mapuche warrior who strapped blades to his arms after the conquistadors sawed off his hands

    The Rani of Jhansi
    The Indian warrior princess who took on the British crown with a sword in each hand and her baby strapped to her back

    Tango Mike-Mike
    One lone Green Beret single-handedly rescues an entire Special Forces squad from a pinned-down position deep behind enemy lines in Cambodia

    The Charge of the Australian Light Horse
    Eight hundred horsemen armed with bayonets embark on the last great cavalry charge in history, rushing toward trenches filled with machine guns, rifles, and huge bullets

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateMar 12, 2013
    ISBN9780062120878
    Author

    Ben Thompson

    Ben Thompson has run the warhammer of a website badassoftheweek.com since 2004, and has written humorous history-related columns for outlets such as Cracked, Fangoria, Penthouse, and the American Mustache Institute. Even though he's never flown a jetpack over the Atlantic Ocean or punched someone so hard that his head exploded, he is considered by many to be the world's foremost expert on badassitude. He is the author of Badass and Badass: The Birth of a Legend.

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    • 2/5
      Immature, insulting toward victims, dehumanizes minorities, glorifies colonizers, questionable historical accuracy
    • 5/5
      This book is unbiased and looks at the situation for what it is and untenable no win scenario that one party somehow survived... imagine getting offended about the loser of a book about people who survived deathmatches and last stands not being accurately represented get a grip
    • 4/5
      Hilarious and historical! This is fantastic! With well researched historical facts, told with humorous prose and clear prose, this is an excellent way to learn about world events. Thompson clearly has a knack for conveying this sort of information in a way that the layman and amateur historian can understand - and indeed, makes reading this enjoyable. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a hilarious and educational prose.