The dawn of universal history: selected essays from a witness of the twentieth century/ Raymond Aron
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, c2002Description: xxvi, 518 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0465004083Subject(s): HistoryDDC classification: 909.82Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 909.82 ARO/D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P04525 |
"The essays in this book were originally published in 1996 in France as part of Une histoire du XXe siècle ..."--T.p. verso.
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.
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