Small Wars, Far Away Places
The Genesis of the Modern World 1945-65
The collapse of Western colonial empires in the twenty years after the Second World War led to a series of vicious struggles for power - in Africa, Asia and the Middle East - whose bloody consequences haunt us still.Acclaimed historian Michael Burleigh's brilliant analytic skills and clear eye for common themes underpins this powerful account of those conflicts. He takes us on a historical journey from Algeria to Cuba, from Malaysia to Palestine, and from Kenya to Vietnam and, in so doing, he reframes mid-twentieth-century history by forcing us to look away from the Cold War to the hot wars that continue to afflict us.The result is a dazzling…
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- ISBN: 978-0-230-77150-5
- EAN: 9780230771505
- Produktnummer: 14748047
- Verlag: Pan Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 456 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'282 KB
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Michael Burleigh
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