The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
02 November 2017Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed. However, events in the early years of the twenty-first century – first, the 2003 war with Iraq and its chaotic aftermath and, second, the financial crash...
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02 November 2017432 pages
9781509847938Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A robust and unsentimental guide to global power politicsThe Times
Burleigh has always had an eye for compelling hard detailSunday Times
Bracing … refreshingly pessimisticObserver
In this wide-ranging book Michael Burleigh demonstrates a mastery of global affairs that would put most experts in any one of his chosen chapter headings to shame … quite brilliant.Mail on Sunday
