Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch

Ben Thompson

Mar 2013 · Harper Collins

About this ebook

From the Ben Thompson, author of Badass: The Birth of a Legend, comes a collection of history’s most awe-inspiring duels and showdowns, brutal crusades and epic brawls, and profiles of the fascinating people who fought in them.

From Caliphs to Green Berets, some of civilization’s toughest warriors are profiled in Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch, including Cyrus the Great, St. Moses the Black, and The Rani of Jhansi, as well as in-depth analyses of how they battled their way to victory.

Featuring original artworks by top graphic artists and comic book illustrators, and Ben Thompson’s signature wry, side-splitting commentary, Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch is the history of badasses, the only way it should be written: covered in blood!

Ratings and reviews

This is a great way to learn and appreciate so,e world history. At times the prose can be over the top, but that's why you picked thus time over some lame encyclopedia.

If you want a history book that doesn't put you to sleep, then this is the one for you!

Haven't read the book but.. The War of Aracau? really? Couldn't you at least check the spelling? The Name is The War of Arauco or the Araucanía

About the author

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.