{"product_id":"dark-continent-europes-twentieth-century-9780679757047","title":"Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unflinching and intelligent alternative history of the twentieth century that provides a provocative vision of Europe's past, present, and future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] splendid book.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Continent \u003c\/i\u003eprovides 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Mazower\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.8lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679757047","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717149724809,"sku":"9780679757047","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_3bd34c11-a8cc-4d44-91cd-9cdc6a13290b.jpg?v=1719656521","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/dark-continent-europes-twentieth-century-9780679757047","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}