TY - BOOK AU - Ferguson,Niall TI - The war of the world: twentieth-century conflict and the descent of the West SN - 1594201005 AV - JZ6385 .F47 2006 U1 - 303.6/6 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Press KW - War KW - Causes KW - World politics KW - 20th century N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2006050304-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2006050304-d.html ER -