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Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson's numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. In it, he grapples with perhaps the most challenging questions of modern history: Why was the twentieth century history's bloodiest by far? Why did unprecedented material progress go hand in hand with total war and genocide? His quest for new answers takes him from the walls of Nanjing to the bloody beaches of Normandy, from the economics of ethnic cleansing to the politics of imperial decline and fall. The result, as brilliantly written as it is vital, is a great historian's masterwork.
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The War of the World, Niall Ferguson
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- Title
- The War of the World
- Subtitle
- Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Niall Ferguson
- Publisher
- Penguin Press HC, The
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 808
- ISBN10
- 1594201005
- ISBN13
- 9781594201004
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Military History, Military Fiction, Wars, World War II, 20th century, History of Europe, Holocaust, Nazism, World War I (1914–1918), Communism, Adolf Hitler, Cold War, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, 1879-1953, Genocide, Korean War
- First published
- 2006
- Original title
- The War of the World: History's Age of Hatred
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson's numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. In it, he grapples with perhaps the most challenging questions of modern history: Why was the twentieth century history's bloodiest by far? Why did unprecedented material progress go hand in hand with total war and genocide? His quest for new answers takes him from the walls of Nanjing to the bloody beaches of Normandy, from the economics of ethnic cleansing to the politics of imperial decline and fall. The result, as brilliantly written as it is vital, is a great historian's masterwork.