The War of the World

Tom Magill

The War of the World : Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
by Niall Ferguson
Penguin Press (2006)
ISBN 1594201005

Brit author.......looks at 20th century and describes the paradox between our amazing scientific and human progress and our uncanny ability to find ways to slaughter our fellow men at a greater rate than anything in history.