Liberation or catastrophe? reflections on the history of the twentieth century / Michael Howard.

Author/creator Howard, Michael
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Hambledon Continuum,
Descriptionviii, 213 p. ; 25 cm.
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Contents The Enlightenment and its enemies -- The twentieth century : liberation or catastrophe? -- The shifting balance : a changing Britain in a changing world -- The First World War reconsidered -- War and peace in 1914 -- War and the making of nations -- A thirty years' war? : the two world wars in historical perspective -- A missed opportunity? : Britain and German resistance, 1938-1944 -- The Cold War : a personal retrospect -- 1945-1995 : fifty years of European peace -- Cold War, chill peace -- NATO : an unhappy but successful marriage -- What is "Europe"? (for the Norwegians) -- The European states-system in an era of change (for the Germans) -- Britain, France, and the making of Europe (for the French) -- War against terrorism -- September 11 and after -- Keeping order in a global society : pax americana or global policing?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008295547
ISBN9781847251596 (hbk.)
ISBN1847251595 (hbk.)

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