Enzo Traverso's investigation is based on a brilliant--although controversial--idea. It is an<br /> important book that deserved vast and interesting debates.
- Saul Friedländer,
One must admire Traverso's ambitious synthesis of theory and recent scholarship.
- Shelley Baranowski, University of Akron,
[T]his book ... cannot be neglected by anyone with the temerity to approach the subject in<br /> future.
- Al Richardson, Revolutionary History
Enzo Traverso's provocative book poses a profoundly important question to modern history. How can we understand the "age of extremes" (1914 to 1945) from a present - our present day in the west - that is in general terms allergic to "ideology" and convinced that "there is no alternative"? What happens when an anodyne and self-satisfied liberalism projects its values back into an era of intense political struggle?
- Adam Tooze, Guardian
In tracing the historical origins and logic of this civil war, Traverso offers a powerful indictment of how the collective memory of it emerged over time in ways that are still felt today.
- Daniel Egan, Socialism and Democracy