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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778124303321

Autore

Reynolds David <1952->

Titolo

From World War to Cold War [[electronic resource] ] : Churchill, Roosevelt, and the international history of the 1940s / / David Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-383-04297-7

0-19-160866-1

1-280-87001-X

0-19-153632-6

1-4294-9298-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Disciplina

909.82/4

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history

World politics - 1945-1955

Great Britain Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Great Britain

United States Foreign relations 1933-1945

United States Foreign relations 1945-1953

Great Britain Foreign relations 1936-1945

Great Britain Foreign relations 1945-1964

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

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; I: WORLD WAR; II: CHURCHILL; III: ROOSEVELT; IV: 'MIXED UP TOGETHER'; V: COLD WAR; VI: PERSPECTIVES; Permissions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The 1940's was probably the most dramatic and decisive decade of the twentieth century. In this volume, the leading international historian David Reynolds has brought together a collection of incisive essays, five of them previously unpublished, to explore some of the major themes, events, and personalities of this pivotal decade. - ;The 1940's was probably the most dramatic and decisive decade of the 20th century. This volume explores the Second World War and the origins of the Cold War from the vantage point of two of the great powers of that era,



Britain and the USA, and of their wartime lead