The War of the World: History's Age of Hatred

Niall Ferguson

ISBN 10: 0713997087 / ISBN 13: 9780713997088

Published by The Penguin Press, 2006

About this Item

Signed and inscribed by Ferguson on the title page in blue pen. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Trivial shelving wear. DJ is now protected by a mylar cover. Binding is tight and square. Small closed tear to the upper edge of the rear panel DJ cover. Seller Inventory # 299934

Bibliographic Details

Title: The War of the World: History's Age of Hatred

Publisher: The Penguin Press

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed By Author

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

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.

Review:

'Here is a work of originality and depth, history at its most challenging and controversial.' -- The Times, May 27, 2006

'This is one of the most intriguing attempts by an historian to
explain man's inhumanity to man'
-- Tribune