The Rise of Global Powers

Informationen zum Autor Anthony D'Agostino is Professor of History, San Francisco State University. He is the author of several books, including Soviet Succession Struggles (1987) and Gorbachev's Revolution, 1985-1991 (1998), as well as articles and reviews in many journals. Klappentext This study of the great powers' expansionism encompasses the global events of the first half of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung This is a study of the expansionism of the great powers during an era encompassing two world wars! the Great Depression and the Russian and Chinese revolutions. The book's global approach to diplomatic history takes in economic and social material! and suggests a new kind of world history. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The great powers at the dawn of world politics; 2. Global origins of World War One: from the China scramble to the world crisis of 1904-1906; 3. Global origins of World War One: a chain of revolutionary events around the world island; 4. Balance and revolution, 1914-1918; 5. A ragged peace, 1919; 6. Scramble for Eurasia, 1919-1922; 7. Drastic acts of unhappy powers, 1922-1923; 8. Storms in the lull, 1924-1927; 9. Politics and economics of the Great Slump, 1928-1933; 10. A vogue for national economy; 11. Mussolini's moment, 1933-1935; 12. Global civil war, 1936-1937; 13. Last years of peace, 1937-1939; 14. The European War, 1939-1941; 15. The World War, 1941-1945; 16. Balance and hegemony.

Klappentext
This study of the great powers' expansionism encompasses the global events of the first half of the twentieth century.


Zusammenfassung
This is a study of the expansionism of the great powers during an era encompassing two world wars, the Great Depression and the Russian and Chinese revolutions. The book's global approach to diplomatic history takes in economic and social material, and suggests a new kind of world history.

Inhalt
1. The great powers at the dawn of world politics; 2. Global origins of World War One: from the China scramble to the world crisis of 1904-1906; 3. Global origins of World War One: a chain of revolutionary events around the world island; 4. Balance and revolution, 1914-1918; 5. A ragged peace, 1919; 6. Scramble for Eurasia, 1919-1922; 7. Drastic acts of unhappy powers, 1922-1923; 8. Storms in the lull, 1924-1927; 9. Politics and economics of the Great Slump, 1928-1933; 10. A vogue for national economy; 11. Mussolini's moment, 1933-1935; 12. Global civil war, 1936-1937; 13. Last years of peace, 1937-1939; 14. The European War, 1939-1941; 15. The World War, 1941-1945; 16. Balance and hegemony.

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