A global history of the twentieth century : legacies and lessons from six national perspectives / editors, Michael J. Green, Nicholas Szechenyi ; foreword by John J. Hamre.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Green, Michael J., editor.

Szechenyi, Nicholas, editor.

Hamre, John J., writer of foreword.

Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern--20th century.

History, Modern.

Physical Description:

xiv, 139 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Global history of the 20th century

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Center for Strategic & International Studies ; Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.

Summary:

In this volume, a distinguished group of scholars examine the national experiences of six major twentieth-century powers-the United States, Japan, Turkey, China, India, and Germany-to discern the centuries' legacies for today and the lessons for tomorrow. They explore core themes including anticolonialism, democracy, socialism, nationalism, industrialization, nuclear weapons, and globalization and provide their own personal interpretations of the century, as well as their respective nation's experiences and historical memory of the era. Together, they provide a broad historical context of the forces that shaped the twentieth century that will be of interest to scholars and students of history as well as policymakers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Lifting the burdens of the past : how three mid-twentieth-century presidents transformed the United States / William Inboden

Japan in the global history of the twentieth century : a path to "proactive contribution to peace" / Shinichi Kitaoka, Yuichi Hosoya

The Turkish experience of the twentieth century / Cemil Aydin

China's 'prolonged rise' : a twentieth-century tale and its twenty-first-century implications / Chen Jian

The transformation of India in the twentieth century / Srinath Raghavan

Germany's trajectory in the twentieth century : global perspectives / Sebastian Conrad.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442279704

1442279702

9781442279711

1442279710

OCLC:

968773443