A Continent Erupts: Decolonization Civil War And Massacre In Postwar Asia 1945-1955 Ronald H Spector Ww Norton Co Αγγλικά Βιβλία Health Family & Life

The End Of Second World War Led To United States’ Emergence As A Global Superpower For War-Ravaged Western Europe It Marked Beginning Decades Unprecedented Cooperation And Prosperity That One Historian Has Labeled “The Long Peace ” Yet Half Away In China Indonesia Vietnam Korea Malaya—The Fighting Never Really Stopped These Regions Sought Completely Sever Yoke Imperialism Colonialism With All-Too-Violent Consequences East Southeast Asia Quickly Became Most Turbulent Globe Within Weeks Famous Surrender Ceremony Aboard U S Missouri Civil Communal Clashes Insurgency Engulfed Continent From Soviet Border By Early 1947 Full-Scale Wars Were Raging Growing Guerrilla Conflicts Malaya Decade After Japanese Almost All Countries South Had Formerly Been Conquests Or Colonies European Powers Experienced Upheavals Resulted Deaths At Least 2 5 Million Combatants Millions Civilians Erupts Acclaimed Military Ronald H Spector Draws On Letters Diaries International Archives Provide First Time Comprehensive History Analysis Little-Known But Decisive Events Far Being Simply Offshoots Cold They Have Often Portrayed Shockingly Violent Forever Changed Shape We Know Today Σελίδες: 576 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0815 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm