Year zero : a history of 1945
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Published
New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-353) and index.
Description
A global history of the pivotal year 1945 as a new world emerged from the ruins of World War II. Regime change had come on a global scale: across Asia (including China, Korea, Indochina, and the Philippines, and of course Japan) and all of continental Europe. Out of the often vicious power struggles that ensued emerged the modern world as we know it. In human terms, the scale of transformation is almost impossible to imagine. Great cities around the world lay in ruins, their populations decimated, displaced, starving. Harsh revenge was meted out on a wide scale, and the ground was laid for much horror to come. At the same time, the euphoria of the liberated was extraordinary. The postwar years gave rise to the European welfare state, the United Nations, decolonization, Japanese pacifism, the European Union, and the Cold War.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Buruma, I. (2013). Year zero: a history of 1945 . The Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Buruma, Ian. 2013. Year Zero: A History of 1945. The Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Buruma, Ian. Year Zero: A History of 1945 The Penguin Press, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Buruma, Ian. Year Zero: A History of 1945 The Penguin Press, 2013.
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