The war of the world : twentieth-century conflict and the descent of the West /
Niall Ferguson
- New York : Penguin Press, 2006
- lxxi, 808 p. [12] leaves of plates
The twentieth century and especially its first fifty years is described as the most violent and destructive period in human history. Niall Ferguson considers why conflict was concentrated in particular areas and at particular periods and suggests that the underlying theme of the century has been the movement of power away from America and Europe towards the East and Asia.