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A patriot's history of the modern world: from the Cold War to the Age of Entitlement: 1945-2012. Vol. II

By Dave , Schweikart , Larry;Dougherty

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group;Sentinel
Year
2013
ISBN
9781595231048, 1595231048
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (4915349 bytes)
Pages
xxxi, 671 pages : maps ; 25 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
artisticDiplomatic relations;Influence (Literaryetc.);History;United States -- History -- 20th cen

Description

This second volume picks up in 1945 with a world irrevocably altered by World War II and a powerful, victorious United States. But new foes and challenges soon arose: the growing sphere of Communist influence, hostile dictatorships and unreliable socialist allies, the emergence of China as an economic contender, and the threat of world Islamification.;Hot spots, Cold War -- Dark continents -- Freedom's chariots -- Castles made of sand -- Sex by consent, beauty by consensus -- Ash heap of history -- The age of boomer ascendance -- Jihad -- Fastest to the bottom.

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