Small Wars, Faraway Places: Global Insurrection and the Making of the Modern World, 1945-1965
Burleigh, Michael
ISBN 10: 0670025453 ISBN 13: 9780670025459
Published by Viking, 2013
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The collapse of Western colonial empires after the Second World War led to a series of vicious struggles for power in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, whose consequences haunt us still. With insight and authority, this magisterial book takes the reader on a historical journey from Palestine to Pakistan, from Kenya to Cuba, from Algeria to Vietnam, to reveal the national aspirations, ideological conflicts and Cold War realpolitik that have shaped the world we live in today.
About the Author: Michael Burleigh is the author of a dozen books, including The Third Reich: A New History, which won the 2001 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. His work has been translated into twenty languages, and in 2012 he was awarded the prestigious Nonino International Master of His Time Prize. He lives in London.
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Title: Small Wars, Faraway Places: Global ...
Publisher: Viking
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good