TY - BOOK AU - FERGUSON Niall TI - The war of the world: twentieth-century conflict and the descent of the West SN - 9781594201004 (hbk) : PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Press KW - TWENTIETH CENTURY HISTORY KW - WORLD HISTORY N2 - 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 ER -