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Author Reid-Henry, Simon, author.

Title Empire of democracy : the remaking of the West since the Cold War, 1971-2017 / Simon Reid-Henry.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  320.9182 REID-HENRY    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  320.9182 REI    Check Shelf
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description 865 pages ; 24 cm
Summary "A unique, rich history of Western liberal democracy over the last forty years, from the fundamental series of changes in the 1970s, to its latest, present incarnation"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue: Two helicopters -- The unravelling -- The crisis of capitalism -- The reckoning -- A split in the world -- "Let fury have the hour" -- The victory : remaking Europe -- America and "a world transformed" -- The great convergence -- A democratic peace? -- The new prosperity -- Farewell to all that -- Blueprints for the new millennium -- The assault on freedom -- In the shadow of war -- The great recession -- Back to the streets -- Crisis upon crisis -- Epilogue: The end of an era?
Subject Democracy -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century.
Democracy -- Western countries -- History -- 21st century.
Liberalism -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century.
Liberalism -- Western countries -- History -- 21st century.
Cold War -- Political aspects -- Western countries -- History.
Western countries -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Western countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
Liberalism. (OCoLC)fst00997183
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Western countries. (OCoLC)fst01302083
Chronological Term 1900-2099
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Reid-Henry, Simon, author. Empire of democracy First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019 9781451684988 (DLC) 2019016633
ISBN 9781451684964 (hardcover)
1451684967
9781451684971 (trade pbk.)
1451684975
9781451684988 (ebook)
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