num_pages: 627
description: THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of the troubled twentieth century and makes challenging predictions for the future.
language: English
title: The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991
titlecomplete: The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991
genres: 20th Century, Politics, Unfinished, European History, World History, Economics, War, Nonfiction, History, World War II
ratings_count: 6732
series: Modern History
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Lionel Gelber Prize, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Leipzig Book Award
category: European Understanding
publisher: Abacus