Low, Dishonest Decade" for the title of his book A Low, Dishonest Decade: The Great Powers, Eastern Europe, and the Economic Origins of World War II, 1930-1941 (2002) in which he argues that "economic rivalries … formed the essential and primary cause of World War II." References External links Original text of the poem Auden on Bin Laden, by Eric McHenry (Slate.com) New York Times "Beliefs" column about the poem Sleepwalking toward Baghdad, by Gary Kimaya (Salon.com) The right poem for the wrong time, by Ian Sansom (The Guardian) Poetry by W. H. Auden 1939 poems Articles containing video clips World War II and the media