| Edition |
First American edition |
| Description |
xxiii, 438 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-424) and index. |
| Contents |
"I'm tired of babying the Soviets" -- The American century -- The Russians: "a tsarist people" -- Stunde Null: zero hour -- Austria forgets its past -- The spy comes in from the cold -- Austerity Britain -- A performance at the Bolshoi -- The declaration of Cold War -- The abdication crisis -- Rape and pillage -- "Woe, woe to the Germans" -- "Anywhere but home" -- "This Chinese cesspit" -- Iron Curtain -- The fog of war -- Sunset on the Raj -- Refugees -- Trials and errors -- A Greek tragedy -- She'erit Ha-Pleta: the surviving remnant -- "A Jewish-Bolshevik plot": blood libels -- The war against terror -- "Listen world. This is crossroads" -- The glory of France: "resistance in the heart" -- Stalin's Turkish bluff -- The bloodbath in Calcutta -- "Half-nun, half-whore" -- The return of the king -- "Sand down a rat hole" -- The general orders: democracy -- The big freeze. |
| Summary |
Details the pivotal year in world history, one that saw the beginning of the Cold War, the founding of Israel, the independence of India, and the growth of the power of the Chinese Communists. |
| Subject |
World politics -- 1945-1955.
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Nineteen forty-six, A.D.
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Nineteen forty-six, A.D. (OCoLC)fst01037799
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World politics. (OCoLC)fst01181381
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| Chronological Term |
1945 - 1955
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| Added Title |
Nineteen forty-six |
| ISBN |
9781101870426 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
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1101870427 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
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