The Fear and the Freedom
How the Second World War Changed Us
The Second World War was one of the most catastrophic events in human history. But how did the experience and memory of bloodshed affect our relationships with each other and the world?The new order, as it emerged after 1945, saw the end of European empires and the birth of two new superpowers, whose wrangling would lead to a new, global Cold War. Scientists delivered new technologies, architects planned buildings to rise from the rubble, politicians fantasized about overhauled societies, people changed their nationalities and dreamed of new lives.As well as analyzing the major changes, The Fear and the Freedom uses the stores of how ordinary…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-241-96649-5
- EAN: 9780241966495
- Produktnummer: 22111568
- Verlag: Penguin
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 480 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 25'870 KB
Über den Autor
Keith Lowe is widely recognized as a leading authority on the Second World War. He is the author of Inferno: The Devastation of Hamburg, 1943 and Savage Continent, which was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller and won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. He has spoken often on television and radio, both in Britain and the United States, and his books have been translated into 20 languages. He lives in north London with his wife and two children.
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