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The inter-war years were, at the time, perceived to be years of crisis across the world. The First World War, 'the war to end all wars', had solved nothing and its legacy was a world full of unresolved disputes and manifest ambiguities. Overy examines the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the subsequent economic crisis which struck at the very foundations of the capitalist world, and seeks to explain why dictatorships came to supplant democracy in Italy, Spain, Germany, the Baltic States and the Balkans, and why the world slid into war once more in 1939.
Contents
Introduction to the seriesAcknowledgementsChronologyPART ONE: THE BACKGROUND1. What Kind of Crisis?PART TWO: ANALYSIS2. Revolution and Counter-RevolutionThe Russian RevolutionExporting the RevolutionThe failure of revolution3. A Crisis of ModernisationThe challenge of modernityThe conservative revolt4. The `End of Civilisation'Decline of the WestScience and civilisationWomen, sex and moral declinePsycho-Analysis and the Modern MalaiseWar and civilisation5. The `Great Crash': Capitalism in CrisisThe causes of the CrashThe effects of the recessionThe search for recoveryThe end of capitalism?6. Democracy and DictatorshipThe decline of democracyThe appeal of dictatorshipThe `New Order' in Politics7. The International CrisisThe unsettled peaceThe world crisisThe slide to warPART THREE: ASSESSMENT8. The Challenge of ProgressPART FOUR: DOCUMENTSGlossaryWho's WhoBibliographyIndex
