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The dawn of universal history : selected essays from a witness to the twentieth century / Raymond Aron ; translated by Barbara Bray ; edited by Yair Reiner ; introduction by Tony Judt.
- Title
- The dawn of universal history : selected essays from a witness to the twentieth century / Raymond Aron ; translated by Barbara Bray ; edited by Yair Reiner ; introduction by Tony Judt.
- Author
- Aron, Raymond, 1905-1983
- Publication
- New York : BasicBooks ; Oxford : Oxford Publicity Partnership, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | D20 .A6713 2002 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxvi, 518 p.; 21 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Histoire du vingtième siècle. Selections. English.
- Alternative Title
- Histoire du vingtième siècle.
- Subject
- History, Modern > 20th century
- Note
- Originally published : 2002.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction / Tony Judt -- Nations and Empires -- From Sarajevo to Hiroshima -- The Technological Surprise -- The Dynamic of Total War -- The Leninist Myth About Imperialism -- War and the Total State -- Necessity and Accidents -- The Secular Religions -- Democratic and Totalitarian States -- The Future of Secular Religions -- From Marxism to Stalinism -- The Expansion of Stalinism -- The Imperial Republic -- Prologue: The Island-Continent -- The United States and the International System -- The End of Colonial Empires -- What Empires Cost and What Profits They Bring -- Indochina -- The Algerian Tragedy -- Algeria and the Republic -- The Dawn of Universal History.
- ISBN
- 0465004083 (pbk)
- OCLC
- 52737915
- SCSB-11999666
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library