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050		4	_aD863 _b.B8677 2017
082	0	4	_a909.831 _222
100	1		_aBurleigh, Michael, _d1955- _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe best of times, the worst of times : _ba history of now / _cMichael Burleigh
264		1	_aLondon : _bMacmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, _c2017
264		4	_c��2017
300			_axvi, 431 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
520			_a"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 21st century - first, the 2003 war with Iraq and its chaotic aftermath and, second, the financial crash of 2008 - have threatened the general acceptance that continued progress under the benign (or sometimes not so benign) gaze of the western powers is the only way forwards. And as America turns inwards and Europe is beset by austerity politics and populist nationalism, the post-war consensus looks less and less secure. But is this really the worst of times? In a forensic examination of the world we now live in, historian Michael Burleigh sets out to answer that question."-- _cProvided by publisher
650		0	_aWorld politics _y21st century
650		0	_aEconomic history _y21st century
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