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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826623403321

Titolo

Europe between democracy and dictatorship : 1900-1945 / / Conan Fischer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011

ISBN

1-4443-5145-1

1-282-71225-X

9786612712258

0-631-21511-5

1-4443-2760-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Collana

Blackwell history of Europe

Classificazione

230.7

940.5

Disciplina

940.5

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Europe

World War, 1939-1945 - Europe

Europe History 1871-1918

Europe History 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Non definito

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references (p. [358]-371) and index

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The European paradox -- The coming of war -- Fighting the war -- Ending the war : revolutions and peacemaking -- Revision and recovery, 1919-1929 -- The high noon of the dictators -- The return to war -- Europe eclipsed -- Europe : an honourable legacy?

Sommario/riassunto

Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe's turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century, from the optimism at the turn of the century to the successive waves of destruction of the First and Second World Wars. Written by a leading authority in this field, the book draws upon his areas of expertiseReflects the most recent scholarship in this period of historyWhile laying stress on Europe's major powers and the seminal events of the earlier twentieth century, Fischer pays due attention to the smaller European countries from the Atlantic t