Niall Ferguson is een vooraanstaand historicus wiens werk zich verdiept in de wereldgeschiedenis, met een bijzondere focus op economische en financiële krachten. Hij gebruikt zijn uitgebreide kennis om hedendaagse mondiale uitdagingen en trends te analyseren, en verbindt cruciale historische gebeurtenissen met hun langetermijngevolgen. Ferguson's schrijfstijl kenmerkt zich door de exploratie van belangrijke momenten en invloedrijke figuren die de moderne wereld hebben gevormd. Zijn verhalen bieden diepgaande inzichten in de complexe relaties tussen macht, financiën en maatschappelijke evolutie, waardoor lezers een nieuw perspectief op het heden krijgen door de lens van het verleden.
High Financier In this pathbreaking new biography, based on more than 10,000 hitherto unavailable letters and diary entries, bestselling author Ferguson returns to his roots as a financial historian to tell the story of legendary financier Siegmund Warburg. Full description
No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Hailed by some as the 'indispensable man', whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama, Kissinger has also attracted immense hostility from critics who have cast him as an amoral Machiavellian - the ultimate cold-blooded 'realist'. Niall Ferguson has created an extraordinary panorama of Kissinger's world, and a paradigm-shifting reappraisal of the man. Only through knowledge of Kissinger's early life can we understand his debt to the philosophy of idealism. And only by tracing his rise, fall and revival as an adviser to John F. Kennedy, Nelson Rockefeller and, finally, Richard Nixon can we appreciate the magnitude of his contribution to the theory of diplomacy, grand strategy and nuclear deterrence
The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papers. No American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger
Ferguson reexamines the war, especially Britain's role, and takes issue with some long held beliefs
The world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benign. Globalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most people. Instead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the First World War and the end of the Cold War. What went wrong? How did we do this to ourselves? The War of the World comes up with compelling, fascinating answers. It is Niall Ferguson's masterpiece.
How Britain made the modern world
Niall Ferguson recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the British Empire, showing on a vast canvas how the British Empire in the 19th century spearheaded real globalization with steampower, telegraphs, guns, engineers, missionaries and millions of settlers.
Chronicles the evolution of finance from its origins in Mesopotamia to the modern world's most recent upheavals, covering such topics as the stock market bubble that prompted the French Revolution and the theories behind common investment vehicles.
In the sweep of human history, the European Union stands out as one of humankind's most ambitious endeavors. It encompasses half a billion people, twenty-seven member states, twenty-three languages, and an economy valued at over $15 trillion. Modern Europe's stunning achievements aside, its sovereign debt crisis has shaken the world's largest political and economic union to its core. Can the federal institutions and shared values of Europeans meet the challenges of debt crisis that are as much political as economic? Or, are Europe's current woes indicative of a series of deep structural faults that will doom the European Union to breakup and failure? In this edition of the Munk Debates — Canada's premier international debate series — former EU commissioner Lord Peter Mandelson, French-German EU parliament leader of the Greens, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, German Euro skeptic and bestselling author Josef Joffe, and Scottish historian, Niall Ferguson debate one of the most pressing issues of our day: has the great European experiment failed? This electrifying debate featuring some of Europe's most outspoken parliamentary figures and academics is guaranteed to be an unforgettable and riveting verbal sparring match on the question that will determine the future of world's economy.
The Mythology surrounding the Rothschilds' wealth and power is two centuries old. Now the historical reality, long buried in the bank's archives, is revealed for the first time by Oxford historian and bestselling author Niall Ferguson in this definitive account of a legendary banking dynasty's rise to power.
In The Pity of War, Niall Ferguson presents a provocative argument that the Great War was entirely England's fault. He contends that Britain entered the conflict based on misguided assumptions about German intentions, transforming a Continental clash into a global war that was poorly managed, leading to American involvement. Ferguson asserts that the war was not inevitable but resulted from individual miscalculations, despite later claims of being overwhelmed by larger forces. The war's horror is captured not only in the poignant poetry of figures like Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon but also in stark statistics: more British soldiers died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme than Americans in the Vietnam War, with total British fatalities in that battle surpassing American losses in both World Wars. Despite the war's catastrophic nature, many who fought did so with enthusiasm. Ferguson revives this harrowing era through compelling chapters that explore contemporary perspectives on the First World War. For those seeking to understand the motivations behind warfare and its lasting impact on the world, Ferguson's work serves as a sharp and stimulating guide.
