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The Deluge: The Great War and the Remaking of Global Order 1916-1931
Adam Tooze
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Description for The Deluge: The Great War and the Remaking of Global Order 1916-1931
Paperback. On the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, this book offers an explanation of why the war's legacy continues to shape our world. It tells a radical, new story of the struggle for global mastery from the battles of the Western Front in 1916 to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 490.
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES PRIZE FOR HISTORY
FINANCIAL TIMES AND NEW STATESMAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014
On the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Deluge is a powerful explanation of why the war's legacy continues to shape our world - from Adam Tooze, the Wolfson Prize-winning author of The Wages of Destruction
In the depths of the Great War, with millions of dead and no imaginable end to the conflict, societies around the world began to buckle. As the cataclysmic battles continued, a new global order was being born.
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141032184
SKU
V9780141032184
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99-28
About Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze is Barton M. Biggs Professor of History and Director of International Security Studies at Yale University. He taught for many years at the University of Cambridge. His last book, The Wages of Destruction, was universally acclaimed as one of the most important books written on the Third Reich. It was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and won ... Read more
Reviews for The Deluge: The Great War and the Remaking of Global Order 1916-1931
Bold and ambitious . . . probably the best of the current books about the First World War
Observer
A remarkable new synthesis which draws on [Tooze's] two particular areas of expertise, Eurasia and especially Germany, and the global financial system revolving around London ... the great strength of his book is that he invites us to look ... Read more
Observer
A remarkable new synthesis which draws on [Tooze's] two particular areas of expertise, Eurasia and especially Germany, and the global financial system revolving around London ... the great strength of his book is that he invites us to look ... Read more