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H I S TORY and the aftermath of the Second World War. “A great book by a great historian, filled with riches—not just about the end of Tsarism “Even those who know this history well will find much to shock them in these pages. and the Revolution, but offering the most original of all recent accounts of the out- They will find much to enlighten them too, for it is not just a catalogue of horrors, but break of war in 1914. It has uncanny internal knowledge of the state apparatus, terrific also a rigorous analysis of causes.”—The Times (UK) explanatory power and judgment—and such narrative power that I found it hard to VIKING HARDCOVER • 624 PAGES • 978-0-670-02458-2 • $35.00 put down.”—John A. Hall, McGill University "[Lieven’s] intimate familiarity with the Russia he describes and his extensive study of the letters, diaries and books of the chief actors in Russia’s descent 'towards the ANTONY BEEVOR flames'—many not hitherto accessible to historians—are what render this work so The Battle of the Bulge authoritative and readable.”—The New York Times Ardennes 1944: VIKING HARDCOVER • 448 PAGES • 978-0-670-02558-9 • $35.00 In this deeply researched work, with striking insights into the major players on both sides, prizewinning historian Antony Beevor gives us the definitive account of the Ardennes offensive, Hitler’s ‘last gamble,’ which was to become the greatest battle of World War II. ADAM TOOZE "Clarifies, without simplifying, the human experiences and political stakes of the battle for the Ardennes, bringing realism to the battlefield and coherence to the larger history The Deluge: The Great War, America and of the war."—Timothy Snyder, The Guardian the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931 VIKING HARDCOVER • 480 PAGES • 978-0-670-02531-2 • $35.00 Yale historian Tooze offers a bold new interpretation of World War I and the birth of the American Century, focusing on the closing years of the conflict and its aftermath up to the Great Depression.
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