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The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West

By: Ferguson, Niall

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Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The: September 2006

Seller ID: 179190

ISBN: 1594201005

Condition: Used - Like New

Niall Fergusson's most important book to date-a revolutionary reinterpretation of the modern era that resolves its central paradox: why unprecedented progress coincided with unprecedented violence and why the seeming triumph of the West bore the seeds of its undoing. From the conflicts that presaged the First World War to the aftershocks of the cold war, the twentieth century was by far the bloodiest in all of human history. How can we explain the astonishing scale and intensity of its violence when, thanks to the advances of science and economics, most people were better off than ever before-...
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Colossus: The Price of America's Empire

By: Ferguson, Niall

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Seller ID: 397768

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Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die

By: Ferguson, Niall

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Publisher: PENGUIN PR:

Seller ID: 250572

ISBN: 1594205450

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"From renowned historian Niall Ferguson, a searching and provocative examination of the widespread institutional rot that threatens our collective future" What causes rich countries to lose their way? Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, increasing inequality, aging populations, antisocial behavior. But what exactly has gone wrong? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues in "The Great Degeneration," is that our institutions--the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail--are degenerating. Representative government, the free mar...
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Civilization: The West and the Rest

By: Ferguson, Niall

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Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP: July 2013

Seller ID: 242937

ISBN: 0143122061

Binding: Unknown

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Western civilization's rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts, or "killer applications"--competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic--that the Rest lacked, allowing it to surge past all other competitors. Yet now, Ferguson shows how the Rest have downloaded th...
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

By: Ferguson, Niall

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Publisher: Penguin Press: November 2008

Seller ID: 114179

ISBN: 1594201927

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Watch the PBS program based on "The Ascent of Money."Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. But in "The Ascent of Money," Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progres...
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Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire

By: Ferguson, Niall

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Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP: July 2013

Seller ID: 112892

ISBN: 0143034790

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

Is America an empire? Certainly not, according to our government. Despite the conquest of two sovereign states in as many years, despite the presence of more than 750 military installations in two thirds of the world's countries and despite his stated intention "to extend the benefits of freedom...to every corner of the world," George W. Bush maintains that "America has never been an empire." "We don't seek empires," insists Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. "We're not imperialistic."Nonsense, says Niall Ferguson. In Colossus he argues that in both military and economic terms America is nothin...
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Ascent of Money, The: A Financial History of the World

By: Ferguson, Niall

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Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP: February 2014

Seller ID: 406907

ISBN: 0143116177

Binding: Trade Paperback

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A richly original look at the origins of money and how it makes the world go ?round Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of our financial system, from its genesis in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. What's more, Ferguson reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history, arguing that the evolution of credit and debt was as important as any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. As Ferguson traces the crisis from ancient Egypt's Memphis to today's Chongqing, he offers bo...
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War of the World: Twentieth Century Conflict and the Descent of the West

By: General/Ferguson, Niall

Price: $7.00

Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP: June 2012

Seller ID: 198063

ISBN: 0143112392

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson's numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. In it, he grapples with perhaps the most challenging questions of modern history: Why was the twentieth century history's bloodiest by far? Why did unprecedented material progress go hand in hand with total war and genocide? His quest for new answers takes him from the walls of Nanjing to the bloody beaches of Normandy, from the economics of ethnic cleansing to the politics of imperial decline and fall. The result, as brilliantly written as it is vital, is a g...
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High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg

By: Warburg/Ferguson, Niall

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Publisher: PENGUIN PR: March 2011

Seller ID: 129647

ISBN: 159420246X

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Bestselling author Niall Ferguson reveals for the first time the true extent of Siegmund Warburg's influence-and the lessons we can learn in a time of crisis from the last of the high financiers. "Success from the financial and from the prestige point of view . . . is not enough; what matters even more is . . . adherence to high moral and aesthetic standards." -Siegmund Warburg, 1959 In this pathbreaking new biography, based on more than ten thousand hitherto unavailable letters and diary entries, bestselling author Niall Ferguson returns to his roots as a financial historian to ...
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Author:Ferguson, Niall