Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University.  He is the author of several books, including most recently The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West, and the bestselling Empire and Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire. Time magazine recently named him one of the 100 most influential figures of 2004.

Resources by this Author:

• The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
• The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
• Colossus: The Price of America's Empire
• Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and Lessons for Global Power

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