Barbarism and Civilization: A History of Europe in Our Time

by Bernard Wasserstein

Book Overview

Here is the definitive history of contemporary Europe, a controversial but authoritative and lively narrative that is destined to become the standard account of the period from 1914 to the present. In this superb volume, esteemed historian Bernard Wasserstein offers the first serious, full-length history of a century of convulsive change. It is a history of barbarism and civilization, of cruelty and tenderness, of technological achievement and environmental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198730748
• ISBN13: 9780198730743
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 944 Pages
• Weight: 3.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 9.3" x 6.1"