The fear and the freedom : how the Second World War changed us

The fear and the freedom : how the Second World War changed us /

"The Fear and the Freedom is Keith Lowe's follow-up to Savage Continent. While that book painted a picture of Europe in all its horror as WWII was ending, The Fear and the Freedom looks at all that has happened since, focusing on the changes that were brought about because of WWII--simulta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lowe, Keith, 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Influence.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects.
War and society > History > 20th century.
Social aspects.
War and society.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Myths and legends
  • The end of the world
  • Heroes
  • Monsters
  • Martyrs
  • The beginning of the world
  • Part II. Utopias
  • Science
  • Planned utopias
  • Equality and diversity
  • Freedom and belonging
  • Part III. One world
  • World economy
  • World government
  • World law
  • Part IV. Two superpowers
  • USA
  • USSR
  • World polarization
  • Part V. Two hundred nations
  • The birth of an Asian nation
  • The birth of an African nation
  • Democracy in Latin America
  • Israel: nation of archetypes
  • European nationalism
  • Part VI. Te thousand fragments
  • Trauma
  • Loss
  • Outcasts
  • The globalization of peoples.

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