Year zero : a history of 1945

The Resource Year zero : a history of 1945
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Year zero : a history of 1945
Title remainder
a history of 1945
Statement of responsibility
Ian Buruma
Title variation
Year 0
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Language
eng
Summary
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
Writing style
Award
  • New York Times Notable Book, 2013
  • ALA Notable Book, 2014
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
940.53/14
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
D840
LC item number
.B88 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

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