The War of the World. History's Age of Hatred - Niall Ferguson

FERGUSON Niall
The War of the World. History's Age of Hatred

Pb, in-8, 746 pp., illustrations, photos, 10 maps, bibliography, index. The beginning of the 20th c. saw human civilization at its most enlightened, well-educated, globalized and wealthy. What turned it into a bloodbath? The 20th c. was an age of hatred that ended with the twilight, not the triumph, of the West. A comprehensive analysis of the savagery of the 20th century. Niall Campbell Douglas Ferguson (born April 18, 1964, in Glasgow) is a British historian who specialises in financial and economic history as well as the history of colonialism. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University as well as William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and also currently the Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at the London School of Economics. He was educated at the private Glasgow Academy in Scotland, and at Magdalen College, Oxford. (source bio: Wiki)

Good
2007
Penguin
[Auteur: FERGUSON Niall] [Pagina's: 746] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Penguin] [Jaar: 2007] [Titel: The War of the World. History's Age of Hatred]