Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991Michael Joseph, 1994 - 627 páginas This book is a highly readable and stimulating reassessment of our century. Written from the point of view of one who believes in reason and science, it abounds with incisive analysis, cogent argument and challenging judgments on varied topics. |
Contenido
A Birds Eye View | 1 |
THE AGE OF CATASTROPHE | 19 |
The Age of Total War | 21 |
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Otras 21 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
actually Africa Age of Empire American anti-fascism army arts avant-garde became Bolsheviks Britain British capitalism capitalist cent central chapter China Chinese civil Cold Cold War collapse colonial communism Communist Party countries cultural defeat democracy democratic developed dominated dramatic early East essentially Europe European fascism forces France French Germany global Golden Age guerrilla Hitler human ideology increasingly India industrial intellectuals Italian Italy Japan Japanese labour Latin America leaders least Left Lenin less liberal lived major Marxist mass military millions mobilized modern Moscow movements Nazi notably nuclear October revolution peasant perhaps Poland political population post-war production radical reform regimes regions remained Republic resistance revolutionary Russia scientists Second World Second World War Short Twentieth Century Slump socialist society Soviet Stalin superpower Third World tion traditional transformed USSR virtually wars West Western women workers world economy