Dark Continent

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. -- Los Angeles Times

Dark Continent 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 riv...

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. -- Los Angeles Times

Dark Continent 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.

Mark 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, Dark Continent provides a provocative vision of Europ's past, present, and future-and confirms Mark Mazower as a historian of valuable gifts.

马克·马佐尔, 英国历史学家，美国哥伦比亚大学历史学教授。曾任教于伦敦大学、苏塞克斯大学和普林斯顿大学。英国《金融时报》专栏作家，FT中文网专栏作家。著有《希特勒统治下的希腊》《巴尔干》《幽灵之城》《希特勒帝国》《巴尔干:被误解的“欧洲火药库”》《谁将主宰世界：支配世界的思想和权力》等著作，并荣获沃夫森历史奖、达夫·库珀奖、伦西曼奖等大奖。