''The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916–1931'' is a history book by

Adam Tooze John Adam Tooze (born 5 July 1967) is an English historian who is a professor at Columbia University, Director of the European Institute and nonresident scholar at Carnegie Europe. Previously, he was Reader in Twentieth-Century History at the Un ...

first published by

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in 2014.

Reception

The book was widely reviewed. On ''The Omnivore'', based on British press, the book received an "omniscore" of 4.5 out of 5. ''

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'' called it a "bold analysis". ''

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'' called it "a formidable achievement". However, the book was also criticised by Kevin Matthews of

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for being "shot through with misstatements, contradictions, inconsistencies and other, basic, errors". Matthews singled out interpretive errors primarily about events in British history, including the 1906 British election, the 1916 Irish uprising and the 1923 British election. He also criticised weak primary source attribution by Tooze. During an interview with

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for

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in 2023,

Peter Hitchens Peter Jonathan Hitchens (born 1951) is an English Conservatism in the United Kingdom, conservative author, broadcaster, journalist, and commentator. He writes for ''The Mail on Sunday'' and was a Foreign correspondent (journalism), foreign cor ...

said that ''The Deluge'' "must be one of the best history books ever written".

References

2014 non-fiction books Books about Nazism Allen Lane (imprint) books Viking Press books {{polisci-book-stub