{"product_id":"9780679757047","title":"The Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A useful, important book that reminds us, at the right time, how hard [European unity] has been, and how much care must be taken to avoid the terrible old temptations.\" —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark Continent\u003c\/b\u003e provides an alternative history of the twentieth century, one in which the triumph of democracy was anything but a forgone conclusion and fascism and communism provided rival political solutions that battled and sometimes triumphed in an effort to determine the course the continent would take.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Mazower strips away myths that have comforted us since World War II, revealing Europe as an entity constantly engaged in a bloody project of self-invention.  Here is a history not of inevitable victories and forward marches, but of narrow squeaks and unexpected twists, where townships boast a bronze of Mussolini on horseback one moment, only to melt it down and recast it as a pair of noble partisans the next.  Unflinching, intelligent, \u003cb\u003eDark Continent\u003c\/b\u003e provides a provocative vision of Europe's past, present, and future-and confirms Mark Mazower as a historian of valuable gifts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019705172208,"sku":"9780679757047","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780679757047_p0.jpg?v=1763608809","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780679757047","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}