LEADER 01598cam a2200337 a 4500001 125262 005 20240621181910.0 008 061227s2006 nyuabf b 001 0 eng 010 2006050304 020 1594201005 020 9781594201004 024 3 9781594201004 035 (OCoLC)ocm70839824 035 125262 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dYDXCP |dBAKER |dOCO |dYBM |dVP@ |dMBB |dBTCTA |dGC0 |dLHM 050 00 JZ6385 |b.F47 2006 100 1 Ferguson, Niall. 245 14 The war of the world : |btwentieth-century conflict and the descent of the West / |cNiall Ferguson. 264 1 New York : |bPenguin Press, |c2006. 300 lxxi, 808 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, maps ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 655-764) and index. 505 0 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. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 War. 650 0 War |xCauses. 650 0 World politics |y20th century. 852 0 |bstacks |hJZ6385 |i.F47 2006