The 'short' 20th century has fluctuated between the extremes of war
and catastrophe (the 1914-45 era when the 19th-century liberal
capitalist world order was destroyed by the forces of nationalism,
bolshevism and fascism), a short-lived 'Golden Age' of unparalleled
economic growth and prosperity (1945-73) and the 'Crisis Decades'
of the late 20th century when the old moral certainties and the old
political and economic structures have collapsed, leaving behind a
world whose future direction is both uncertain and perhaps
perilous. This brilliant and incisive analysis of the history of
the world since 1914 by veteran left-wing revisionist historian
Eric Hobsbawm is full of penetrating insights. An intellectual tour
de force, it is essential reading for anybody who wants to
understand what Isaiah Berlin has called 'the most terrible century
in Western history'. (Kirkus UK)
THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal
vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and
breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding
book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of the
troubled twentieth century and makes challenging predicitions for
the future.
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