Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives? What if we are missing equally powerful but less visible networks - leaving them to the ... Zobraziť viac
První světová válka byla jednou z nejtragičtějších a současně nejvýznamnějších událostí 20. století a kniha <i>Nešťastná válka</i> zpochybňuje téměř všechny zažité představy o jejích příčinách a následcích... Zobraziť viac
Symptomy úpadku dnes vidíme všude kolem sebe: zpomalování růstu, drtivé zadlužení, narůstající nerovnost, stárnutí populace, protispolečenské jednání. Co přesně se vlastně pokazilo? Podle Fergusona je problém v tom, že se rozkládají naše instituce... Zobraziť viac
What if everything we thought we knew about history was wrong? From Niall Ferguson, the global bestselling author of Empire, The Ascent of Money and Civilization, this is a whole new way of imagining the world... Zobraziť viac
Dvacáté století, od konfliktů, jež zvěstovaly příchod 1. světové války, po dozvuky války studené, je jednoznačně nejkrvavějším stoletím dějin člověka... Zobraziť viac
Disasters are inherently hard to predict. But when catastrophe strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck... Zobraziť viac
Niall Ferguson's bold, pithy and insightful analysis of the degeneration of the West. The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today ... Zobraziť viac
Across the Western world more and more countries are looking inwards – national borders reasserted, national interests re-emphasised and nationalism on the rise once again. Fears of a globalized world are rampant... Zobraziť viac
No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Hailed by some as the "indispensable man", whose advice has been sought by every president from John F. Kennedy ... Zobraziť viac
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call if what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that financial history is the back-story to all history... Zobraziť viac
Podrobné a provokativní zkoumání obecně rozšířeného rozpadu institucí, který ohrožuje budoucnost nás všech. Zobraziť viac
Historians love to write about rulers—kings, emperors, presidents—or about vast social forces-migration, industrialisation-but what if they are all missing the point? Thinking about our own lives, isn't it clear that what makes the world go ... Zobraziť viac
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call it what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is the foundation of all human progress and the lifeblood of history. From the cash injection that funded... Zobraziť viac
Is America the new world empire? Presidents from Lincoln to Bush may have denied it but, as Niall Ferguson's brilliant and provocative book shows, the US is in many ways the greatest imperial power of all time. What's more, it always has been an... Zobraziť viac
Historians love to write about rulers—kings, emperors, presidents—or about vast social forces-migration, industrialisation-but what if they are all missing the point? Thinking about our own lives, isn't it clear that what makes the world go ... Zobraziť viac
Disasters are by their very nature hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises and wars, are not normally distributed; there is no cycle of history to help us anticipate the next catastrophe... Zobraziť viac
If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you would have been most impressed by the dazzling civilizations of the Orient. The Forbidden City was under construction in Ming Beijing; in the Near East, the Ottomans were closing... Zobraziť viac
Winner of the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize 2013 Niall Ferguson's Civilization: The Six Killer Apps of Western Power is a vital, brilliant look at the winning tools of power. In 1412, Europe was a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, .. Zobraziť viac
