The Dragons Of Expectation: Reality And Delusion In The Course Of History
Released: Jan 01, 2004
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
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A philosophical defense of modern civilization traces the consequences of seductive ideas throughout history, analyzing how false nostrums have led to corruption within every type of government, in the academic world, and more, in a critique that includes discourses on such conflicts as Russia's October Revolution, World War II, and the Cold War. 30,000 first printing.
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