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War and revolution : rethinking the twentieth century

Title: War and revolution : rethinking the twentieth century / Domenico Losurdo ; translated by Gregory Elliott.
Author: Losurdo, Domenico
Publication: London : Verso, 2015.

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Summary

"War and Revolution is an original rereading of contemporary history, linking trends of historical revisionism in historiography to an investigation of fundamental philosophical and political categories, such as international civil war, revolution, totalitarianism and genocide. Losurdo begins from the revisionist theses of Ernst Nolte on the Holocaust and of Francois Furet on the French Revolution, and ends with the Anglophone imperial revivalists Paul Johnson and Niall Ferguson. Losurdo captivates the reader with a history of modern revolt that is a tour de force, giving a new perspective on comparisons between the English, American, French and twentieth-century revolutions"--

Subject

Note

An amplification and revision of three works: chapters 1-5 reproduce Il revisionismo storico : problemi e miti (Laterza, 1996. 5th edition, 2002); chapter 6 was written especially for the English edition; and chapter 7 is a translation of Il peccato originale del Novecento (Laterza, 1998. 3rd edition, 2007).

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Two Centuries Under Discussion : Historical Revisionism -- The Revolutionary Cycle and Terror : Britain, France, America -- The Bolshevik October, International Civil War and the Colonial Question -- "White War of Independence," "International Civil War," the "American Century" and the "Second Thirty Years' War" -- The Colonial Tradition, Total War and Genocide -- Nostalgia for Empire : Historical Revisionism in Britain -- The Black Book, the Communist Movement and the Struggle Against the Three Major Forms of Discrimination.

Call Number

JFE 15-1786

ISBN

9781781686164
1781686165

LCCN

2014029117

OCLC

2014029117

Author

Losurdo, Domenico.

Title

War and revolution : rethinking the twentieth century / Domenico Losurdo ; translated by Gregory Elliott.

Publisher

London : Verso, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Added Author

Losurdo, Domenico. Revisionismo storico. English.

Losurdo, Domenico. Peccato originale del Novecento. English.

Research Call Number

JFE 15-1786

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