Aftermath: The Makers of the Postwar World

by Richard Crowder

In a decade, between 1940 and 1950, the old world order collapsed, and a new one was created. Old European empires - France, Germany and the United Kingdom - receded, replaced by two new superpowers - the Soviet Union and the United States. Beyond Europe, a swath of new countries was created: India, Communist China, Israel and the modern Arab states, Indonesia, the Koreas. But there were darker shadows too, cast by the onset of the Cold War: the failure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350241687
• ISBN13: 9781350241688
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"