1946: The Making of the Modern World

by Victor Sebestyen

Book Overview

From the author of Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire comes a powerful, revelatory book about the year that would signal the beginning of the Cold War, the end of the British Empire, and the beginning of the rivalry between the United States and the USSR. Victor Sebestyen reveals the events of 1946 by chronologically framing what was taking place in Europe, the Middle East, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101870427
• ISBN13: 9781101870426
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.9"