| Description |
xx, 396 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 380-388. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
How the concept originated -- The political revolution -- The cultural revolution -- The revolution at work in Europe -- World War I -- The Communist counterrevolution -- The Fascist counterrevolution -- The effects of war outside Europe -- The Great Depression -- Stalinism -- Japanese expansion -- China - toward the "Yanan Way" -- Hitler's Germany -- World War II -- The United States to 1945 : a most privileged nation -- The United States after 1945 : Exceptionally eroded -- Building a state in backward Eurasia -- The strains of catching up -- The Bandung generation -- Chairman Mao -- The burden of development -- The United Nations as an agency of westernization -- The human condition at the end of the 20th century -- Explosive confrontations -- The liberating discipline of globalism -- Appendix : A note on method and on the assumptions made in this book regarding culture and inter-culture comparison. |
| Subject |
History, Modern -- 20th century.
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| Indexed Term |
World events, 1900- |
| ISBN |
0195049063 alkaline paper |
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0195049071 |
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