From World War to Cold War
Churchill, Roosevelt, and the International History of the 1940s
ISBN13: 9780199284115ISBN10: 0199284113
Hardback,
374 pages
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Apr 2006,
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$75.00 (06)Description
The 1940s was probably the most dramatic and decisive decade of the twentieth century. In this volume, the leading international historian David Reynolds has brought together a collection of incisive essays, five of them previously unpublished, to explore some of the major themes, events, and personalities of this pivotal decade.Features
- Focuses on the most momentous decade of modern history: the 1940s
- Explores the roles of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in the Second World War
- Offers a fresh and incisive analysis of the origins of the Cold War
- By a leading international historian
About the Author(s)
David Reynolds is Professor of International History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's College. He has held visiting appointments at Harvard University and Nihon University, Tokyo. His most recent book is the prize-winning In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War.
