The Mighty Continent: A View Of Europe In The Twentieth Century
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the ashes of empire to the shadow of the Iron Curtain, The Mighty Continent presents a sweeping panoramic chronicle of Europe's most turbulent and transformative century. John Terraine guides the reader through the cataclysmic upheavals that reshaped the map of the world — two world wars, the rise and fall of fascism, the Bolshevik revolution, and the emergence of a fractured yet resilient Europe — weaving together political drama, military conflict, and cultural upheaval into a single, authoritative narrative. Conceived as a companion to the landmark BBC television series of the same name, the work illustrates the forces that produced towering and terrifying figures alike, from Churchill to Hitler, from Stalin to de Gaulle, rendering the abstract machinery of history in vivid human terms. Terraine, celebrated for his rigorous reassessment of World War One generalship, brings his characteristic precision and narrative confidence to this broader canvas, arguing that Europe's twentieth-century story is not one of simple decline but of extraordinary, often agonising, self-reinvention. His prose is authoritative yet accessible, balancing the sweep of grand historical forces with telling detail and sharp political insight. A work of serious popular history that has lost none of its power to provoke, The Mighty Continent leaves the reader with an urgent question: what remains of the continent's hard-won lessons when the century that forged them fades from living memory?
Author: John Terraine
Format: Hardback
Genre: European history
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the ashes of empire to the shadow of the Iron Curtain, The Mighty Continent presents a sweeping panoramic chronicle of Europe's most turbulent and transformative century. John Terraine guides the reader through the cataclysmic upheavals that reshaped the map of the world — two world wars, the rise and fall of fascism, the Bolshevik revolution, and the emergence of a fractured yet resilient Europe — weaving together political drama, military conflict, and cultural upheaval into a single, authoritative narrative. Conceived as a companion to the landmark BBC television series of the same name, the work illustrates the forces that produced towering and terrifying figures alike, from Churchill to Hitler, from Stalin to de Gaulle, rendering the abstract machinery of history in vivid human terms. Terraine, celebrated for his rigorous reassessment of World War One generalship, brings his characteristic precision and narrative confidence to this broader canvas, arguing that Europe's twentieth-century story is not one of simple decline but of extraordinary, often agonising, self-reinvention. His prose is authoritative yet accessible, balancing the sweep of grand historical forces with telling detail and sharp political insight. A work of serious popular history that has lost none of its power to provoke, The Mighty Continent leaves the reader with an urgent question: what remains of the continent's hard-won lessons when the century that forged them fades from living memory?