The Apocalypse of the 20th Century. From War to War

After the tragedy of the First World War, it seemed that Europe, having washed itself in blood, had developed reliable immunity to militarism, aggression, and military adventures. However, only two decades passed—and humanity was plunged into hell even more terrifying and bloody: the Second World War. How could this happen? Why did Europe “step on the same rake again”? Why did the armistice turn out to be so short? And can the “peaceful” period of the 1920s–1930s be called peaceful—an era of the harshest economic crisis, civil wars, and mass unrest? Or was it the long, agonizing death throes of the Old World?…

Read the NEW book by a popular historian—the continuation of the bestseller “The Most Terrible Russian Tragedy,” an unexpected look at the Apocalypse of the 20th century.