{"product_id":"war-of-the-world","title":"War of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe  beginning of the twentieth century saw human civilization at its most  enlightened, well-educated, globalized and wealthy. What turned it into a  bloodbath?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiall Ferguson re-tells the story of history's most  savage century as a continual war that raged for 100 years. From the  plains of Poland to the killing fields of Cambodia, he reveals how  economic boom-and-bust, decaying empires and, above all, poisonous ideas  of race led men to treat each other as aliens. It was an age of hatred  that ended with the twilight, not the triumph, of the West. And, he  shows, it could happen all over again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A heartbreaking, serious and thoughtful survey of human evil that is  utterly fascinating and dramatic'  Simon Sebag Montefiore, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unputdownable, controversial, compelling'  \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The grenade lobbed into the cosy tea party of received wisdom'  Max Hastings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A big, bold and brilliantly belligerent book'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'History at its most controversial ... no one can afford to overlook it'  Allan Mallinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hums with energy, quotable insights and pithy summaries'  \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping'  Tristram Hunt\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252929253720,"sku":"9780141013824","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141013824.jpg?v=1777109420","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/war-of-the-world","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}