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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459573503321

Autore

Steiner Zara

Titolo

The triumph of the dark [[electronic resource] ] : European international history 1933-1939 / / Zara Steiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-09910-1

9786613099105

0-19-154967-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1237 p.)

Collana

Oxford history of modern Europe

Disciplina

940.5

940.53112

Soggetti

Reconstruction (1914-1939)

International relations - History

Electronic books.

Europe Politics and government 1918-1945

Europe History 1918-1945

Europe Foreign relations 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Retreat from internationalism, 1933-1938 -- pt. 2. The road to Hitler's war, 1938-1939.

Sommario/riassunto

In this magisterial narrative, Zara Steiner traces the twisted road to war that began with Hitler's assumption of power in Germany. Covering a wide geographical canvas, from America to the Far East, Steiner provides an indispensable reassessment of the most disputed events of these tumultuous years.Steiner underlines the far-reaching consequences of the Great Depression, which shifted the initiative in international affairs from those who upheld the status quo to those who were intent on destroying it. In Europe, the 1930s were Hitler's years. He moved the major chess pieces on the board, forc