The War of the World
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  • Published: 24 April 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141013824
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 816
  • RRP: $42.99
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The War of the World

History's Age of Hatred

  • Niall Ferguson
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25 Oct 2012
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27 Jul 2006
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24 Apr 2012
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A thrilling narrative about the savage 20th Century

The world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benign. Globalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most people. Instead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the First World War and the end of the Cold War. What went wrong? How did we do this to ourselves? The War of the World comes up with compelling, fascinating answers. It is Niall Ferguson's masterpiece.
  • Published: 24 April 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141013824
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 816
  • RRP: $42.99
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Praise for The War of the World

A heartbreaking, serious and thoughtful survey of human evil that is utterly fascinating and dramatic

Simon Sebag Montefiore, The New York Times

Unputdownable, controversial, compelling

Independent on Sunday

The grenade lobbed into the cosy tea party of received wisdom

Max Hastings

A big, bold and brilliantly belligerent book

Sunday Telegraph

History at its most controversial ... no one can afford to overlook it

Allan Mallinson

Hums with energy, quotable insights and pithy summaries

Observer

Gripping

Tristram Hunt