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Books by niall ferguson author of the ascent of money. Britain, according to ferguson, entered into war based on naive assumptions of german aims. He is also a senior fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university, and a senior research fellow at jesus college, oxford. Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that niall ferguson s numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. Alane ferguson books list of books by author alane ferguson. Doughty none but the most egregiously naive can doubt any longer that the united states is the geopolitical centre of a vast technological empire, the largest and most powerful to date.
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