A review by boundsie
Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century by Mark Mazower

5.0

An important book for understanding European history, rather than the history of individual nation states. Mazower argues that the last century in Europe has been the story of conflicting ideologies—liberal democracies, Marxism-Leninism and Fascism. As such, it's a better explanation for the current state of affairs than the post-Arendt view of competing totalitarianisms. The question Mazower leaves us with is how will Europe develop from here, as the end of the Cold War and the new Europeanism are more the victory of capitalism than liberal democracy.