Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: More than any other event, World War I made the 20th century what it has been. Now as the 20th century draws to a close, 80 years after the armistice of 11 November 1918, the time is right for a radical reassessment of the Great War. In this book aimed at appeal to appeal not only to students but also to the general reader, Niall Ferguson explodes many of the myths surrounding the war.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Niall Ferguson recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the British Empire, showing on a vast canvas how the British Empire in the 19th century spearheaded real globalization with steampower, telegraphs, guns, engineers, missionaries and millions of settlers.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you would have been most impressed by the dazzling civilizations of the Orient. The Forbidden City was under construction in Ming Beijing; in the Near East, the Ottomans were closing in on Constantinople. By contrast, England would have struck you as a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad sanitation and incessant war. The…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call it what you like, it matters now more than ever. In «The Ascent of Money», Niall Ferguson shows that finance is the foundation of all human progress and the lifeblood of history. From the cash injection that funded the Italian Renaissance to the stock market bubble that sparked the French Revolution, from the bonds that fuelled Britain's war effort to the Wall…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 155 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 816) Аннотация: 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…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 962 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 386) Аннотация: From one of «Time's» «100 People Who Shape Our World» comes a provocative examination of the American way of empire.