Age of Extremes

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Age of Extremes is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of this most troubled century, and makes challenging predictions for the next.
'The power of Hobsbawm's exploration of the age of hot and cold wars lies in its brilliant synthesis of familiar, though sometimes forgotten, facts and ideas. It combines an Olympian, multi-lingual erudition and an addictively readable style' Ben Pimlott, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Books of the Year
'Quite simply the best book of the year' Richard Gott, THE GUARDIAN
'The best account of our calamitous century A marvellously imaginative set of essays on the period from 1914 to the collapse of Communism. For Hobsbawm, this constitutes virtually the history of his own life-time and ideas; and he draws the threads together with subtlety, compassion and a gentle,... Tovább

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Age of Extremes is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of this most troubled century, and makes challenging predictions for the next.
'The power of Hobsbawm's exploration of the age of hot and cold wars lies in its brilliant synthesis of familiar, though sometimes forgotten, facts and ideas. It combines an Olympian, multi-lingual erudition and an addictively readable style' Ben Pimlott, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Books of the Year
'Quite simply the best book of the year' Richard Gott, THE GUARDIAN
'The best account of our calamitous century A marvellously imaginative set of essays on the period from 1914 to the collapse of Communism. For Hobsbawm, this constitutes virtually the history of his own life-time and ideas; and he draws the threads together with subtlety, compassion and a gentle, quizzical wit' John Simpson, SPECTATOR Books of the Year
'A brilliant and stimulating book' Lord Blake, THE FINANCIAL TIMES
'A magnificent piece of historical exposition
an essential read Hobsbawm is a master historian and his version of events is thrilling' Bryan Appleyard, THE INDEPENDENT
'It is a chastening thought that this book itself, with its staggering erudition, lucid prose and sanity of vision, may bear witness to a world which a brash postmodern culture is already in the process of burying' Terry Eagleton, THE SUNDAY TIMES Vissza