Violence
A Modern Obsession
$25.58
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2016
Summary
After a century that has been described as the most violent in the history of humanity, Professor Richard Bessel has written an intelligent and fascinating book on the history of our violent world and how we have become obsessed about violence. He critiques the great themes of modern history from revolutionary upheavals around the globe, to the two world wars and the murder of the European Jews, to the great purges and, more recently, terrorism.
Violence, it seems, is on everyone’s mi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781471147920 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1471147924 |
| Author: | Richard Bessel |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm |
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About The Author
Richard Bessel
Richard Bessel is Professor of Twentieth Century History at the University of York. He works on the social and political history of modern Germany, the aftermath of the two world wars and the history of policing. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of German History and History Today. His books include Political Violence and the Rise of Nazism, Germany after the First World War and Nazism and War.
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