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Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century Paperback – 24 June 1999

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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.

Mark Mazower's watershed history retells the story of a century of division, charting the struggles of three rival ideologies - liberal democracy, communism and fascism - to create a new world order for mankind. Dark Continent radically overturns the myth of Europe as a safe faven of democracy to redefine our view of the twentieth century.

'Mazower has comprehended the whole of European history in this century, suggested a convincing explanation of its evolution, and constructed a text every undergraduate will find on his reading list well into the next... He also 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, Daily Telegraph

'Brilliant but disturbing... his controversial thesis is bound to stir debate... This superb book is a frightening reminder of how fragile democracy has been.'
Orlando Figes, The Times

'Division and hatred and the reinvention of Europe in this, its most ruinous century are the themes of Mark Mazower's book, the finest essay on Europe of our time.'
Robert Fox, European

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    Penguin Press
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    24 June 1999
  5. Dimensions
    19.8 x 12.8 x 3.06 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0140241590
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0140241594
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Mark Mazower is Reader in History at the University of Sussex. He is the author of the prize-winning Inside Hitler's Greece- The Experience of Occupation, 1941-1944 (co-winner of the Fraenkel Prize and the Longman/History Today Book of the Year). He writes and broadcasts regularly on current developments in the Balkans.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Press; 1st edition (24 June 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140241590
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140241594
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.8 x 12.8 x 3.06 cm
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Luiz Antonio Vital Teixeira
5.0 out of 5 stars Avaliacao final da compra.
Reviewed in Brazil on 12 December 2021
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Livro novo, muito bom servico por parte do vendedor.
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old retiree
5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect combination to read with Hobsbawns books
Reviewed in Canada on 6 September 2017
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A perfect combination to read with Hobsbawns books, back and forth. A timely reminder of the messiness of politics that governments are involved.
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Stella Ryuk
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun book if you know a bit about Europe's history.
Reviewed in Germany on 5 May 2019
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This is a great book for someone who has a good knowledge of European history of the last century, otherwise it can be a bit difficult. Had to use it for a course!
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Luiz H.S.de Vasconcellos
5.0 out of 5 stars For those that pretend to lnow Europe's (recent) history.
Reviewed in the United States on 10 February 2017
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At the beginning of the Twenty-First Century, when there is so much happening and questioning our ability to think with confidence, it is only quite natural that one should look for events past in search of History's perspective. The author has done a superb job analysing events of a dark era in a dark continent. It is a must read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 長くてシンドイ、でもオススメ
Reviewed in Japan on 8 February 2017
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1. ドイツの国家社会主義が時系列的にも同時代的にも孤立したものではなく、それぞれ連続性をもっていたことがよくわかった。というかね、第一次世界大戦後のヨーロッパの経済不況がこんなにシビアだったとは不勉強にして知らんかった。
2. 政治的にも経済的にもわれわれが見知っている戦後のヨーロッパはそれ以前、つまり戦間期や第一次世界大戦前のヨーロッパとは「全く違う」場所だというのはよくわかった。この長い長い本の前半はその説明に当てられているといっても良いだろう。
3. 第二次大戦前後の大きな変化はもちろんだが、80年代以降の西欧の社会的に変化変革にも十分ページが割かれて説明されている。戦後の変化変動が大きかったのは日本も西欧も同じだけど80年代以降この30年日本は変化をサボってきたのではないか、という感想あり
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