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The war of the world : twentieth-century conflict and the descent of the West /

Ferguson, Niall.

The war of the world : twentieth-century conflict and the descent of the West / Niall Ferguson. - New York : Penguin Press, 2006. - lxxi, 808 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 655-764) and index.

I: The great train crash -- Empires and races -- Orient express -- Fault lines -- The contagion of war -- Graves of nations -- II: Empire-states -- The plan -- Strange folk -- An incidental empire -- Defending the indefensible -- The pity of peace -- III: Killing space -- Blitzkrieg -- Through the looking glass -- Killers and collaborators -- The gates of hell -- IV: A tainted triumph -- The osmosis of war -- Kaputt -- The descent of the west.

1594201005 9781594201004

2006050304


War.
War--Causes.
World politics--20th century.

JZ6385 / .F47 2006

303.6/6

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