| Edition |
Rev. ed., 1st Perennial Classics ed. |
| Description |
870 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Perennial classics |
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Perennial classic.
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| Note |
Originally published: New York : HarperPerennial, 1992. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 785-840) and index. |
| Contents |
A relativist world -- The first despotic utopias -- Waiting for Hitler -- Legitimacy in decadence -- An informal theocracy, a celestial chaos -- The last Arcadia -- Degringalade -- The devils -- The high noon of aggression -- The end of old Europe -- The watershed year -- Superpower and genocide -- Peace by terror -- The Bandung generation -- Caliban's kingdoms -- Experimenting with half mankind -- The European Lazarus -- America's suicide attempt -- The collectivist seventies -- The recovery of freedom. |
| Summary |
"This work is published in England under the title: A history of the modern world: from 1917 to the 1980's"--Title page verso. |
| Subject |
History, Modern -- 20th century.
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History, Modern. (OCoLC)fst00958367
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| ISBN |
0060935502 (pbk.) |
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9780060935504 (pbk.) |
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