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The dragons of expectation : reality and delusion in the course of history / Robert Conquest.
LIBRA HN13 .C6445 2005
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Van Pelt Library HN13 .C6445 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conquest, Robert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social history.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Ideology--History.
- Ideology.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 256 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2005]
- Summary:
- From the onset of the Enlightenment to the excesses of democracy, Stalinism, and liberalism, the author masterfully examines how false nostrums have infected academia, politicians, and the public, and resulted in a ruinous cycle of turbulence and war.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0393059332
- OCLC:
- 56419687
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