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This age of conflict

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Title This age of conflict : the Western World, 1914 to the present day / Frank P. Chambers
maps by Lilli Mautner.
Edition Third edition.
Publisher New York : Harcourt, Brace & World
Creation Date [1962]
Notes Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 842-854) and index.
Content The First World War -- The outbreak of the war -- The opening phases-1914-15 -- "The war behind the war" -- The middle phases-1916-17 -- The closing phases-1918 -- The period of settlement -- The peace conference and the peace treaties -- The League of Nations and the organization of peace -- Germany: revolution and the Weimar Republic -- Intermediate Europe: Poland and the Baltic -- Intermediate Europe: the middle Danube and the Balkans -- The Near East: mandates and independent states -- Russia: the rise and establishment of the Soviet Union -- Italy: the rise and establishment of fascism -- France: the Third Republic, finance, and security -- Britain: labor, trade, and the new imperialism -- The United States: normalcy and isolationism -- The period of crisis -- The Depression and the breakdown of the settlement -- The Far East: Manchuria and the "China Incident" -- Germany: The rise and establishment of Nazism -- Germany: Nazi foreign policy -- Italy: fascist foreign policy and the Italo-Ethiopian War -- Spain: Republic and Civil War -- Russia: Soviet foreign policy -- Britain: coalition and appeasement -- France: leagues, popular front, and grand alliance -- The United States: new deal and neutrality -- The approach of war -- The Second World War -- The opening phases-1939-41 -- The middle phases-1941-43 -- Germany and the new order in Europe -- The closing phases-194445 -- The Cold War -- The peace conferences and the peace treaties -- The United Nations and the reorganization of peace -- Germany and Austria: occupation and recovery -- Russia: "peaceful coexistence" -- Intermediate Europe: satellite and anti-satellite -- Western Europe: France, Italy, Spain, and Benelux -- Western Europe: Atlantic Pact, union, and common market -- Britain: labor, welfare and conservatism -- The United States: responsibility and rearmament -- Asia: the settlement -- Asia and Africa: the revolt.
Extent 880 pages : illustrations
24 cm.
Language English
Copyright Date ©1962
National Library system number 990050412320205171

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