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The war of the world

Hardcover • 2006 • English • 1. edition

The war of the world: history's age of hatred

By Niall Ferguson

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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...Show more

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ISBN

9780713997088

Publisher

Allen Lane

Published year

2006

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The war of the world

Format

Hardcover

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