- World War, 1914-1918, International relations, Social aspects, Influence
"A century after the outbreak of the First World War, a powerful explanation of why the war's legacy continues to shape our world. The war would make a celebrity out of Woodrow Wilson and would ratify the emergence of the US as the dominant force in the world economy"--
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Epic, earnest, grave and classical in form.
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- J. Adam Tooze
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 672
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd, Penguin Publishing Group, Societe d'edition Les Belles lettres
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780143127970
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