Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century, (Paperback)

from atticusfinch1048

Hubris - The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century Sir Alistair Horne, renowned historian, author, teacher and mentor, has published Hubris his view of the twentieth century through six battles that changed the course of the twentieth century and help to define the world in which we live. While...

from jamespurcell

Horne examines the role of "Hubris", personally and nationally played in making the 20th Century, the bloodiest ever. He connects some obscure dots: Tsushima , Nomonhan, with some more obvious ones, Midway, Dien Bien Phu and The Yalu River make his case. His major actors, Czar Nicholas, Admiral T...

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Fascinating and with the touch of a master storyteller's hand, if there's one history I will recommend this Christmas season, it will be Alistair Horne's Hubris: the Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century. Interesting and accessible, Horne's approach is a narrative that doesn't merely tell a sto...