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Author:

Roberts, Andrew, 1963-

Title:

A history of the English-speaking peoples since 1900 / Andrew Roberts.

Edition:

1st Harper Perennial ed.

Publisher:

Harper Perennial,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiii, 736 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain--History--20th century.
Commonwealth countries--History--20th century.
English-speaking countries--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. History of the English-speaking peoples.

Notes:

Continues Winston Churchill's A history of the English-speaking peoples. "First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [668]-691) and index.

Contents:

A portrait of the English-speaking peoples at the dawn of the twentieth century -- Shouldering 'The white manʼs burden': 1900-4 -- American arrives: 1905-14 -- The first assault: Prussian militarism 1914-17 -- Peace guilt: 1918-19 -- American energy: 1920-9 -- Capitalism at bay: 1929-31 -- The second assault: fascist aggression 1931-9 -- Divided and faltering: 1939-41 -- United and conquering: 1942-4 -- Normandy to Nagasaki: 1944-5 -- The third assault: Soviet communism 1945-9 -- Cold War perils: the 1950s -- Civis Americanus sum: the 1960s -- The long, dismal, drawling tides: the 1970s -- Attritional victory: the 1980s -- The wasted breathing space: 1990-11 September 2001 -- The fourth assault: Islamicist terrorism and its de facto allies: 11 September 2001-15 December 2005 -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

0060875992 (pbk.)
9780060875992 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)218289592

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)