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Dark Continent - by Mark Mazower (Paperback)

Dark Continent - by  Mark Mazower (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A useful, important book that reminds us, at the right time, how hard (European unity) has been, and how much care must be taken to avoid the terrible old temptations."--"Los Angeles Times."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A useful, important book that reminds us, at the right time, how hard [European unity] has been, and how much care must be taken to avoid the terrible old temptations. --<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/><b>Dark Continent</b> provides an alternative history of the twentieth century, one in which the triumph of democracy was anything but a forgone conclusion and fascism and communism provided rival political solutions that battled and sometimes triumphed in an effort to determine the course the continent would take. <p/>Mark Mazower strips away myths that have comforted us since World War II, revealing Europe as an entity constantly engaged in a bloody project of self-invention. Here is a history not of inevitable victories and forward marches, but of narrow squeaks and unexpected twists, where townships boast a bronze of Mussolini on horseback one moment, only to melt it down and recast it as a pair of noble partisans the next. Unflinching, intelligent, <b>Dark Continent</b> provides a provocative vision of Europe's past, present, and future-and confirms Mark Mazower as a historian of valuable gifts.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"This splendid book makes a convincing case for a different version of 20th century European history." -<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Mark Mazower is Reader in History at the University of Sussex. He is the author of the prizewinning <b>Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-44.</b> He writes and broadcasts regularly on current developments in the Balkans.

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