The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
Niall Ferguson
The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
Niall Ferguson
#3471 of 3,809 books · #1080 in History
Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History (2006).
The world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benign. Globalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most people. Instead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the First World War and the end of the Cold War. What went wrong? How did we do this to ourselves? The War of the World comes up with compelling, fascinating answers.
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- ISBN-13
- 9780141901688
- Genre
- Topics
- 20th-century warfareGenocide and ethnic conflictDecline of Western dominance
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for HistoryShortlisted(2006)
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