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An unflinching and intelligent alternative history of the twentieth century that provides a provocative vision of Europe's past, present, and future.

[A] splendid book. —The New York Times Book Review

Dark Continent provides an alternative history of the twentieth century, one in which the triumph of democracy was anything but a forgone conclusion and fascism and communism provided rival political solutions that battled and sometimes triumphed in an effort to determine the course the continent would take.

Mark Mazower strips away myths that have comforted us since World War II, revealing Europe as an entity constantly engaged in a bloody project of self-invention.  Here is a history not of inevitable victories and forward marches, but of narrow squeaks and unexpected twists, where townships boast a bronze of Mussolini on horseback one moment, only to melt it down and recast it as a pair of noble partisans

Dark Continent Europes Twentieth Century

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      Publisher: Random House USA Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/03/2000
      ISBN13: 9780679757047, 978-0679757047
      ISBN10: 067975704X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An unflinching and intelligent alternative history of the twentieth century that provides a provocative vision of Europe's past, present, and future.

      [A] splendid book. —The New York Times Book Review

      Dark Continent provides an alternative history of the twentieth century, one in which the triumph of democracy was anything but a forgone conclusion and fascism and communism provided rival political solutions that battled and sometimes triumphed in an effort to determine the course the continent would take.

      Mark Mazower strips away myths that have comforted us since World War II, revealing Europe as an entity constantly engaged in a bloody project of self-invention.  Here is a history not of inevitable victories and forward marches, but of narrow squeaks and unexpected twists, where townships boast a bronze of Mussolini on horseback one moment, only to melt it down and recast it as a pair of noble partisans

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