Inter-War Crisis 1919-1939
By R.J. Overy
Oct 1994
Pearson Education
ISBN: 0582353793
152 pages
$36.50 Paper originalOUT OF PRINT
Studies the political and economic turmoil of the inter-war period. Seeks to explain why dictatorships replaced democracy in Italy, Spain, Germany, the Baltic States, and the Balkans.
Contents
Part One: The Background.
1. What Kind of Crisis. Part Two: Analysis.
2. Revolution and Counter-Revolution.
3. A Crisis of Modernization.
4. The Great Crash.
5. Democracy and Dictatorship.
6. The International Crisis.
Part Three: Assessment.
7. The Challenge of Progress.
Part Four: Documents.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
Features
" Considers why the world slid into war once more in 1939.
" Compares inter-war years with the 1990s and asks whether the world is in crisis again.
Review
'Charts with admirable clarity the problems which challenged the world'
History Review
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