Savage century : back to barbarism / Thérèse Delpech ; translated by George Holoch.
Savage century : back to barbarism / Thérèse Delpech ; translated by George Holoch.
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Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, c2007.
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N327.10112/ 1
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French
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xx, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. The telescope -- 1. Political responsibility -- 2. The pleasure principle -- 3. Ensavagement -- 4. The corruption of principles -- Pt. 2. 1905 -- 5. Portents -- 6. The birth of modernity -- 7. An unforeseeable actor -- 8. Against the grain -- Pt. 3. The world in 2025 -- 9. Foresight and memor...
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Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, c2007.
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District of Columbia
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c2007.
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"Blending a detailed knowledge of international security affairs with history, philosophy, psychology, and literature, Therese Delpech vividly reminds us of the signs and warnings that were missed as the "civilized" world failed to prevent the world wars, Holocaust, Soviet death camps, and Cambodian killing fields that made the twentieth century so...
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Savage century : back to barbarism / Thérèse Delpech ; translated by George Holoch.
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Translation of: Ensauvagement : le retour de la barbarie au XXIe siècle.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199) and index.
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Translation of: Ensauvagement : le retour de la barbarie au XXIe siècle.
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N327.10112/ 1
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087003233X (hbk.)
9780870032332
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327.10112
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991022902069702626