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Twentieth-Century Europe A Brief History, 1900 to the Present.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Richards, Michael D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Twentieth-Century Europe: A Brief History, 1900 to the Present
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part 1 Overview: 1900-1919
  • 1 Before the Deluge Europe, 1900-1914: Europe, 1900-1914
  • Chronology
  • Europe and the World
  • The Great Powers
  • The Class Structure
  • References
  • 2 The Great War, 1914-1918
  • Chronology
  • The Coming of the Great War
  • The Great War, 1914-1917
  • The Failure of the Schlieffen Plan
  • Trench Warfare
  • The Course of the War: 1915
  • Sausage Machine: 1916
  • The Home Front
  • The War around the World
  • Decision, 1917-1918
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • 3 Revolution and Peacemaking, 1917-1919
  • Chronology
  • Revolution in Russia
  • Civil War in Russia
  • Revolution in Germany
  • Peacemaking, 1919
  • The League of Nations
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Part 2 Overview : 1919-1939
  • 4 Aftershocks of the Great War
  • Chronology
  • Intellectual Trends
  • A Second Scientific Revolution
  • Postwar Despair
  • Culture
  • The Social Impact
  • Peasants and Agriculture
  • The Working Class
  • The Middle Class
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • 5 Recovery and Prosperity, 1919-1929
  • Chronology
  • Great Britain
  • France
  • Weimar Germany
  • Italy
  • The Soviet Union
  • The Smaller States
  • Eastern Europe
  • Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
  • United States
  • China and Japan
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • 6 From Depression to War, 1929-1939
  • Chronology
  • The American Connection
  • Responses
  • The Depression in Germany: The Nazis Come to Power
  • The New Dictatorships
  • The Stalinist Dictatorship
  • The Road to War in Europe
  • The Road to War in the Pacific
  • Reference
  • Further Reading
  • Part 3 Overview : 1939-1967
  • 7 Armageddon: Europe in World War II, 1939-1945
  • Chronology
  • Blitzkrieg
  • Operation Barbarossa
  • Stalingrad and D-Day
  • Home Fronts
  • Collaboration and Resistance
  • The Holocaust
  • The End of the War
  • References
  • 8 Cold War and Decolonization, 1945-1961
  • Chronology
  • Origins of the Cold War
  • Crisis Years, 1947-1948
  • The Two Germanies
  • The Cold War Launched
  • Dismantling the Colonial Empires
  • References
  • 9 Out of the Ashes From Stunde Null (Zero Hour) to a New Golden Age, 1945-1967 : From Stunde Null (Zero Hour) To A New Golden Age, 1945-1967
  • Chronology
  • Reconstruction
  • Reconstruction in the West: British Problems
  • Reconstruction in the West: French Success
  • Reconstruction in the West: German Wirtschaftswunder
  • Reconstruction in the West: Other Countries, Other Stories
  • Reconstruction in the East: The Stalinist Legacy
  • Reconstruction in the East: The Seemingly Successful German Democratic Republic
  • Reconstruction in the East: The New Poland
  • Reconstruction in the East: Hungary and Revolution
  • On the Way to a United Europe
  • A Consumer Economy in Western Europe
  • Social Change
  • Détente
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Further Reading