{"product_id":"9780140241594-dark-continent","title":"Dark Continent","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEurope's Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003eThe end of First World War saw old empires swept away and opportunity to build a better society from the ruins. This title overturns the myth of Europe as a safe haven of democracy to redefine our view of twentieth century. It tells the story of a century of division, charting struggles of rival ideologies to create a new world order for mankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning historian Mark Mazower, \u003ci\u003eDark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e retells the story of a century of division, charting the struggles of rival ideologies to create a new world order for mankind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The end of the First World War saw old empires swept away and the opportunity to build a better society from the ruins. Yet the result was division and bloodshed on an unprecedented scale, as liberal democracy, communism and fascism struggled against one another for mastery of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eDark Continent \u003c\/i\u003eradically overturns the myth of Europe as a safe haven of democracy to redefine our view of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Original, thought-provoking, iconoclastic' Frank McLynn, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Fascinating and forceful' Martin Gilbert, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Mazower leaves us, in this wonderful book, with an account of our century that anyone who takes an interest in Europe's present and future will enlarge their mind by reading' John Keegan, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'There are few who can walk with A.J.P. Taylor. One is Mark Mazower . a \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e' Alex Danchev, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Combines narrative verve with wise and humane analysis. For anyone who wants to know how Europe came to be the way it is in the years since 1900, this is the work to provide the answers' David Cannadine, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eMark Mazower \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eInside Hitler's Greece\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Balkans\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Wolfson Prize for History, \u003ci\u003eSalonika: City of Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e, which won both the Runciman Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize and \u003ci\u003eHitler's Empire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40947945406561,"sku":"9780140241594","price":12.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32414281.jpg?v=1737274655","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780140241594-dark-continent","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}