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Aftermath: The Makers of the Postwar World

Autor Richard Crowder
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 feb 2021
In the decade between 1940 and 1950, the old world order collapsed, and a new one was created. Old European empires - France, Germany and the United Kingdom - receded, replaced by two new superpowers - the Soviet Union and the United States. Beyond Europe, a swath of new countries was created: India, Communist China, Israel and the modern Arab states, Indonesia, and the Koreas. But there were darker shadows too, cast by the onset of the Cold War: the failure to establish international controls on atomic energy, or the growth of the national security state and modern intelligence apparatus. This era also produced some of the most remarkable statesmen of modern times, including leaders such as Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Truman, de Gaulle, Nehru and Mao Tsetung; diplomats like George Marshall, Dean Acheson, Anthony Eden, Ernest Bevin and Robert Schuman; and international fixers, such as Averell Harriman, John Maynard Keynes, or Jean Monnet. Their stories form the core fabric of this book. Richard Crowder examines their shared ambition to rebuild the world, and launch a second age of globalization.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350241688
ISBN-10: 1350241687
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 18 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

International study which looks at key figures from Britain, Europe, the USA and Asia

Notă biografică

Richard Crowder is an independent writer and historian. He studied at the University of Oxford, UK and at the Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University, USA.

Cuprins

List of IllustrationsForeword by Sir Robert CooperPrefaceIntroduction1. Getting Started2. Doing the Job3. Leaving the Shadows4. Drawing up Account5. Furling the Flags6. A Sentimental Journey7. Force to Break8. The Half-Open Door9. Slackened Sail10. Early Stirrings11. Something Brewing12. Across the Harbour Bar13. Impatient Dawn14. The Giant's Strength15. The Swaying Flag16. Facing the Fight17. The Grain of SaltAfterword: The Waste of TimeNotesDramatis PersonaeSelect BibliographyIndex

Recenzii

A finely researched synthesis that will be useful for historians, diplomats, and international relations scholars in their quest to more fully understand the contours of power and principle in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.