Anthony D'Agostino

The Rise of Global Powers

International Politics in the Era of the World Wars

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Produktbeschreibung

This study of the great powers' expansionism encompasses the global events of the first half of the twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 570
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 900g
• ISBN-13: 9780521154246
• ISBN-10: 0521154243
• Artikelnr.: 33217978

Autorenporträt

Anthony D'Agostino is Professor of History, San Francisco State University. He is the author of several books, including Soviet Succession Struggles (1987) and Gorbachev's Revolution, 1985-1991 (1998), as well as articles and reviews in many journals.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The great powers at the dawn of world politics
2. Global origins of World War One: from the China scramble to the world crisis of 1904-1906
3. Global origins of World War One: a chain of revolutionary events around the world island
4. Balance and revolution, 1914-1918
5. A ragged peace, 1919
6. Scramble for Eurasia, 1919-1922
7. Drastic acts of unhappy powers, 1922-1923
8. Storms in the lull, 1924-1927
9. Politics and economics of the Great Slump, 1928-1933
10. A vogue for national economy
11. Mussolini's moment, 1933-1935
12. Global civil war, 1936-1937
13. Last years of peace, 1937-1939
14. The European War, 1939-1941
15. The World War, 1941-1945
16. Balance and hegemony.