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Sep 21, 2006 · Niall Fergusson's War of the World is a chronicle of the martial horrors of the 20th Century. The detail is stunning and the style as accessible as, say, Simon Schama or James McPherson in the same historical narrative genre.
Oct 30, 2007 · THE WAR OF THE WORLD. Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson’s numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. In it, he grapples with perhaps the most challenging questions of modern history: Why was the twentieth century history’s bloodiest by far?
Aug 1, 2006 · The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West. Niall Ferguson. 4.07. 3,118 ratings243 reviews. Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson's numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to.
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Sep 21, 2006 · In The War of the World, British historian Niall Ferguson offers a novel analysis of the causes of 20th-century violence. With more than 650 pages of main text and a vast scope, this is obviously a big book.
His quest for new answers takes him from the walls of Nanjing to the bloody beaches of Normandy, from the economics of ethnic cleansing to the politics of imperial decline and fall. The result, as brilliantly written as it is vital, is a great historian’s masterwork.
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Nov 6, 2012 · The War of the World. : Niall Ferguson. Penguin, Nov 6, 2012 - History - 880 pages. From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower. "Even those who...
