General Information

Author/Creator

Ferguson, Niall, 1964-

Language

English.

Published

London : Penguin Books, 2007.

Physical Description

lxxi, 746 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Subjects

Subject

War.

War > Causes.

World politics > 20th century.

War and civilization.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Niall Ferguson.

Content

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 -- Epilogue: The descent of the west.

ISBN

9780141013824

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	303.6/6 FER		OSA Repository	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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