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The dawn of universal history : selected essays from a witness of the twentieth century / Raymond Aron ; translated by Barbara Bray ; edited by Yair Reiner ; with an introduction by Tony Judt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aron, Raymond, 1905-1983.
- Standardized Title:
- Histoire du vingtième siècle. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- History, Modern--20th century.
- History, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 518 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2002]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Contents:
- Nations and Empires 1
- From Sarajevo to Hiroshima 67
- I The Technological Surprise 69
- II The Dynamic of Total War 91
- III The Leninist Myth About Imperialism 115
- IV War and the Total State 135
- V Necessity and Accidents 155
- The Secular Religions 161
- Democratic and Totalitarian States 163
- The Future of Secular Religions 177
- From Marxism to Stalinism 203
- The Expansion of Stalinism 225
- The Imperial Republic 243
- Prologue: The Island-Continent 245
- The United States and the International System 263
- The End of Colonial Empires 405
- What Empires Cost and What Profits They Bring 407
- Indochina 419
- The Algerian Tragedy 423
- Algeria and the Republic 453
- The Dawn of Universal History 461.
- Notes:
- "The essays in this book were originally published in 1996 in France as part of Une histoire du XXe siècle ..."--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-504) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0465004075
- OCLC:
- 49519042
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