Uncover the End of the World with Dan Carlin: The End Is Always Near - Apocalyptic Moments

Amazon Kunde: Being avid fan of Dan Carlin podcast the hardcore history this book was a must read for me.

Germany on Nov 26, 2023

Brian: Great ! Now I want it on audio-book !

Canada on Jul 28, 2023

Gerald Clark: Excellent book. Dan Carlin even tweeted me back when I tweeted him about it.

United States on Jul 14, 2023

Roger O. Thornhill: Whether you agree with them, disagree with them, or aren't sure what to think about them, Carlin's points are hard to ignore and often drive one to seek out the sources he cites. Check out his podcast series if this book is your initial experience with the author.

United States on Mar 10, 2023

Mickie G: The overarching theme of this casual investigation is The End – a trope the Dan Carlin-initiated will find familiarity in addition to Dan's unstuffy tone. The book plays more like a series of Hardcore History Blitz Editions – replacing the narrative-driven focus with ponderances, which like Dan mentions, do not lead to any conclusions. While lacking finality, the analysis Dan offers is indeed a joy to read - logical and relatable. However, the book does miss Dan's oratory prowess and energy and the numerous foot notes which feature on nearly every page can be a bit distracting.

United States on Feb 16, 2023

Steve Longworth: All elected politicians (and especially the ones who weren’t elected) should be made to read this and take an exam to make sure they paid attention.
Written in 2017, 3 years before the Covid pandemic kicked off and 5 years before Russia invade Ukraine, to sit here in March 2022 reading this book is sobering indeed.
I have listened to Dan’s seminal Hardcore History podcast ‘Destroyer Of Worlds’ (the story of the Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis) at least six times. Edge of the seat stuff every time.

United Kingdom on Mar 24, 2022

Ruzuki: Le livre se sépare en plusieurs partie:
1) fin de l'age de bronze. Pour moi le plus intéressant et le moins connu. C'est un retour à l'age de pierre pendant plusieurs siècle jusqu'à l'antiquité.
2) fin de l'empire romain. Il parle uniquement des invasions barbares mais pas du tout de la malaria ni des changements climatiques et famines.
3) la peste noire.
4) la guerre nucléaire et ses risques pendant la guerre froide (et dans le futur)

Si vous connaissez mal ces périodes je vous recommande ce livre, mais si vous connaissez déjà ça sera juste un livre intéressant sans plus. Il ne rentre pas non plus à fond dans les détails.

France on Sep 29, 2021

Djilly L.Djilly L.: After more than a decade of thoroughly enjoyable and educational podcasts Dan Carlin has now put his musings to paper.

I feel close to him even though I know very little about the baseball cap-wearing author. It’s because for many years I have been fascinated by his long-form monologues that are only released a couple of times per year - the longest goes on for over 9 hours! Most of Dan Carlin’s audio work I’ve heard several times by now. Ghosts of the Ostfront and the episode about Anabaptists are my personal favourites that I would highly recommend listening to if you own, or plan to read this book. Even though it’s very US-centric I also appreciate his political Common Sense podcast, that he unfortunately mothballed.

This book is essentially about the decline of civilisations and the disintegration of economic/political systems. Each chapter studies a historical disaster, its origins and examines the likelihood of reoccurrence. The book will transport the reader through a sequence of historic periods. It is mostly top down-history, as opposed to bottom-up little facts and details, that will force you to think about how the course of history could have been...

United Kingdom on Mar 26, 2020

Ryan Boissonneault: The principal question for the modern age is this: Has humanity made moral progress, or are we destined to repeat the same mistakes and suffer the same misfortunes? Dan Carlin, founder of the popular podcast Hardcore History, explores this question as he recounts the apocalyptic moments of our past while asking if the modern world is destined to face similar catastrophes, and if so, whether or not we have the resolve to handle them.

Carlin covers the Bronze Age collapse, the fall of the Assyrian and Roman empires, and the devastating physical and psychological effects of famine, plague, total war, and potential nuclear annihilation.

This is not exactly light or uplifting reading for the holiday season, but that’s the point. Carlin is suggesting that perhaps the state of perpetual peace and stability we are seemingly living in is making us soft and vulnerable to an unexpected calamity that we are no longer tough or resilient enough to endure. We may think that our comfortable lives will go on uninterrupted indefinitely, but then again, so did the Romans, along with the Assyrians, Babylonians, and ancient Egyptians and Greeks. As Carlin asks the reader:

“Can...

United States on Nov 25, 2019

AF: I opted for the audio version of Dan Carlin's new book because I have more time to listen during my commute than I have to read, in general, during the rest of my day. I think fans of Hardcore History will enjoy this. Dan's delivery is less conversational, of course, because he's reading, but he does an excellent job of putting the information across and making it compelling.

The scope of this book is more broad than a typical Hardcore History topic - and touches on many things covered in past podcasts, but in different ways. The early parts of the book deal with the end of the Bronze Age, the fall of the Roman Empire, the impact of plagues throughout history, and others, and then moves on to modern age concerns about "ending it all" with nuclear weapons.

As Dan Carlin refers to himself, he's a fan of history, not a historian. Well, I'm a fan of history but far less well-read than him. I think one of his strong points is that he presents facts - or maybe "viewpoints" is more accurate - from different sources and isn't trying to push an agenda. He's good about presenting many varied sources and using quotes from historical figures and historians to flesh out the work....

United States on Nov 04, 2019