Civilization av Roger Osborne

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<p>Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in ''a fight for civilization''. But what do we mean by civilization? We believe in a western tradition of openness and freedom that has produced a good life for many millions of people and a culture of enormous depth and creative power. <br><br>But the history of our civilisation is also filled with unspeakable brutality - for every Leonardo there is a Mussolini, for every Beethoven symphony a concentration camp, for every Chrysler building a My Lai massacre. How can we come to the defence of a civilisation whose benefits seem so questionable? In this ambitious and important book Roger Osborne shows that we can only truly understand our civilization by re-examining and confronting our past, with all its glories and catastrophes. <br><br>Sweeping in its scope and comprehensive in its coverage, <i>Civilzation</i> tells the story of the western world from its origins to the present. At such a dang