The Rise of Global Powers

International Politics in the Era of the World Wars

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

Av Anthony D'Agostino, Anthony (San Francisco State University) D'Agostino

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Does a system of great powers necessarily imply a struggle for world primacy? Do great states merely hold onto what is theirs, or do they reach for more? Anthony D'Agostino offers a fascinating new answer to these questions through a fundamental reassessment of the international history of the first half of the twentieth century. From the spatial limits of a purely European great power politics the book looks out to the new horizon of world politics. From the time limits of 1914 to 1945 it considers the interface with nineteenth-century imperialism at one end and the impact of the world wars on the Cold War at the other. This is a global retelling of the expansion of Europe coming up against its limits in the most violent conflicts and explosive social movements yet known to history, the two world wars, the Great Depression, and the Russian and Chinese revolutions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-11-17
Mått152 x 228 x 25 mm
Vikt900 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor570
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521154246

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1. The great powers at the dawn of world politics; 2. Global origins of World War One: from the China scramble to the world crisis of 1904–1906; 3. Global origins of World War One: a chain of revolutionary events around the world island; 4. Balance and revolution, 1914–1918; 5. A ragged peace, 1919; 6. Scramble for Eurasia, 1919–1922; 7. Drastic acts of unhappy powers, 1922–1923; 8. Storms in the lull, 1924–1927; 9. Politics and economics of the Great Slump, 1928–1933; 10. A vogue for national economy; 11. Mussolini's moment, 1933–1935; 12. Global civil war, 1936–1937; 13. Last years of peace, 1937–1939; 14. The European War, 1939–1941; 15. The World War, 1941–1945; 16. Balance and hegemony.

'Drawing on an impressive range of sources, Anthony D'Agostino analyzes the collapse of the European balance of power and the emergence of a new world order in the era of the two world wars. The book is all the more timely now that the era of superpowers, whose rise he describes so well, seems to be coming to an end.' Professor David Kaiser, William B. Pratt Chair of Military History, US Naval War College