The Inter-War Crisis 1919-1939

by R. J. Overy

Seminar Studies in History

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The Inter-War Crisis is a concise yet analytical overview of the rapidly-changing world between 1918 and 1939, covering the political, economic and social instability that resulted from the First World War and the eventual descent towards the fresh upheaval of the Second World War. Revised throughout and containing a new range of illustrations, this third edition covers topics such as the Russian Revolution, the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the concepts of the 'end of civilization' and the show more decline of the West, cultural and scientific responses to an age of anxiety and fear, and the ways in which dictatorship came to replace democracy across so much of Europe. Global in focus, it offers thematic discussions, close analysis of a range of case studies and a clear over-arching narrative structure that guides the reader from the close of one war to the beginning of the next. Also including a selection of over thirty primary source documents, maps, a chronology of events, a glossary of key terms, a Who's Who of important figures and an extensive and updated guide to further reading, this book is an essential introduction for students of the inter-war period. show less

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Richard Overy is Professor of History at the University of Exeter, UK. He has published more than 25 books on the history of air power, the Second World War and the European dictatorship. He was the winner of the Wolfon Prize for history in 2004 and in 2014 he won a Cundill Award for his book The Bombing War: European 1939-1945. He is a Fellow of show more the British Academy, and a Member of the European Academy for Science and Arts. show less

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The Inter-War Crisis 1919-1939

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History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
909.82History & geographyHistoryWorld history1800-1900-1999, 20th century
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D723 .O98History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaHistory (General)Period between World Wars (1919-1939)
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