An Atlas of Extinct Countries by Gideon DefoeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Gideon Defoe serves up quite a cross-section of the title topics. Now-vanished countries on the list range from tiny to huge and from those that lasted decades to some that barely lasted hours. They’re slightly more uniform in their causes of death, with most succumbing to imperialism in one form or another. As tragic as that sounds, Defoe employs enough sarcastic wit to either find or create some humor in even the worst of situations. Entries are also impressively uniform in length and level of detail. Though this is sort of a sideways approach to learning history, it worked well for me.
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