| Description |
193 pages ; 18 cm |
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An Anvil original ; no. 4 |
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Anvil original ; no. 4
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART I-THE WORLD IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- I. Characteristics of the Twentieth Century 9 -- 2. The Age of Nationalism 20 -- 3 The First World War, 1914-1918 28 -- 4. The Peace Conference of Paris, 1919 37 -- 5. International Relations, 1919-1933 41 -- 6. The Quest for Security and Disarmament 47 -- 7. Nationalism and Imperialism in the Near East -- and Far East 51 -- 8. The Democratic World of the Twentieth Cen- -- tury: The United Kingdom 53 -- 9. The United States 57 -- 10 Canada and Latin America 60 -- 11. France in the Twenties and Thirties 62 -- 12. Other Democratic States 64 -- 13. The Rise of Totalitarianism 68 -- 14. Soviet Russia 69 -- 15. Fascist Italy 77 -- 16. Germany: From the Weimar Republic to Nazi -- Totalitarianism 82 -- 17. Spain and the New, Enlarged States of Central -- Europe 90 -- 18. Fundamenta Causes of World War II 93 -- 19. Immediate Causes of World War II 96 -- 20 The Unfolding of World War II 99 -- 21. The Grand Alliance and Victory 108 -- 22. The World Since World War II 114 -- 3. The Mind of Twentieth-Century Man 138 -- 24. The Contemporary World 150 -- PART I EXTRACTS FROM KEY DOCUMENTS -- 1. he Pledge Clause of the Austro-Hungarian -- Ultimatum to Serbia, July 23, 1914 155 -- 2. Origin of the Term, "A Scrap of Paper," -- August 4, 1914 156 -- 3. Source of Wilson's Phrase, "Too Proud to -- Fight," May 10, 1915 157 -- 4. Article 16 of the Covenant of the League of -- Nations, 1919 158 -- 7 -- 5. Article 231-ʺThe War-Guilt Clause of the1 -- Treaty of Versailles, 1919 159 -- 6. Article 8 Weimar Constitution, Augus -- 11, 9199 160 -- 7. Giovinezza 1919 16 -- S. Lenin on Communist Morality 162 -- 9. The Horst Wessel Song 163 -- 10. Definition of an Aggressor: Article 10 of the -- Geneva Protocol, October 2, 1924 164 -- 11. Article 21- The Escalator Cl;use of the Lon- -- don Naval Treaty, 1930 -- 12. Mussolini's Definition of Fascism, 1931 167 -- 13. Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Fear" Speech, March -- 4, 1933 168 -- 14. Haile Selassie's Warning to the League of -- Nations, June 30, 1936 169 -- 15. Hitler's "Last Territorial Claim" in Europe, -- September 2, 1938 170 -- 16 The British Guarantee to Poland, August 25, -- 1939 171 -- "7. Churchill's Three Famous Speeches of 1940 172 -- 8, President Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms," Jan -- uary 6, 1941 173 -- 19. Eighth Clause of the Atlantic Charter, Aug -- 14, 1941 174 -- 0. Lend-Lease Agreement of the United States -- and Great Britain, February 23, 1942 175 -- 1. Origin of the ferm, "Unconditional Surren -- der," January 24, 1943 176 -- 22. Disputed Clauses of the Secret Treaty of Yalta, -- February 11, 1945 177 -- 23. Origin of the Point-Four Program, January 20, -- 1949 178 -- 4. Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, April 4, -- S1949 180 -- 25. The Test Ban Treaty, 1963 181 -- Recommended Reading 184 -- Appendix- Use of the Veto in the United -- Nations 186 -- Index 189 -- List of Anvil Books 194 |
| Notes |
"An Anvil original." |
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Bibliography: p. 184-185 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 184-185 |
| Subject |
History, Modern -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
64006472 |
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