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Delpech, Therese. Savage Century: Back to Barbarism.(Brief article)(Book review)
Delpech, Therese. Savage Century: Back to Barbarism. Carnegie Endowment, dist. by Brookings Inst. Apr. 2007. tr. from French by George Holoch. index. ISBN 978-0-87003-233-2. $27.95. INT AFFAIRS
Delpech is director for strategic studies at the Atomic Energy Commission of France and French Commissioner at the UN for the disarmament of Iraq. Much of her book, a translation of L'Ensauvagement, which was awarded the Prix Femina de L'essai in France, is an examination of the major wars of the 20th century. The prose is light and readable, making the book an excellent survey of the subject if you can get past the opinionated, sometimes even flippant, …
