The war of the world : twentieth-century conflict and the descent of the West / Niall Ferguson.
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TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2006Description: lxxi, 808 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 1594201005; 9781594201004Subject(s): War | War -- Causes | World politics -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 303.6/6 LOC classification: JZ6385 | .F47 2006Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | NFIC | General Stacks | 303.66 FER 2006 (Browse shelf) | Available | CIPS0001635 |
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.
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