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基本説明
At the core of this new international history of the period is the theme of transition, as power drained from Europe and as new actors emerged on the world stage (notably Japan and the USA), as well as potential great powers (such as China).
Full Description
In a space of little over 30 years, the world was transformed. The European great powers were no longer ascendant, even if that was not yet fully revealed to them, and the US, a regional power as of 1914, now belonged to the wholly new category of "superpower." What happened in this short period to work such a dramatic change? The answer lies neither in Europe alone nor in the West more broadly, and one of the virtues of this bold new international history of the period that Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America are allowed to play their parts. It treats the Asian and European crises and wars of 1931-45, for example, as a single interlocking whole, as world leaders at the time were forced to do. It also acknowledges to an unusual degree the importance of imperial and economic circumstances in framing the policies of states towards one another.
Contents
Prologue - Europe's world; diplomacy and the state system to 1900. Act I Europe's war: the coming of the First World War; the First World War; the Russian revolution. Act II The West's peace: the Paris Peace Conference and the Versailles Treaty; the Eastern Treaty 1919-1923. Act III The West's world: the imperial factor; sub-Saharan Africa; the Middle East; East Asia; Latin America; the United States; Europe in the 1920s. Act IV The world's crises: the Great Depression; challenges of the dissatisfied, 1931-1937. Act V The world's war: war east and west, 1937-1941; World War II, 1942-1945. Epilogue: a different world; the aftermath.