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'Aftermath is a wise and timely book. Richard Crowder movingly tells the human story behind the history of the postwar international security system. In a narrative that is at once elegantly paced and grave, Aftermath reveals the simultaneous strength and precariousness of the institutions created between 1941 and 1949 to keep the peace. We encounter up close the statesmen and diplomats from the US, Britain and the USSR who crafted global institutions out of the ruins of war -- some hoping to be 'architects of a better world', some to advance their own national interests at any cost. These complex men of power make perilous journeys to meet on warships and country estates, in embassies and opulent palaces. Together they drink, sing and negotiate tirelessly; alone, they pray and sometimes break from nervous strain. In a brilliant touch, Crowder uses as chapter epigraphs scraps of verse, such as the lines from Alfred Tennyson's Locksley Hall that Harry S. Truman kept in his wallet, which imagine the earth 'lapt in universal law' when at last 'the war drum throbbed no longer'. The drama of engagement and confrontation between Moscow and the West that Crowder describes so vividly is unfolding to this day, challenging international institutions in new ways. His book reminds us of the nature of good diplomacy, and how much it matters.', Rachel Polonsky, author of Molotov's Magic Lantern; 'Aftermath is a gripping, thoroughly-researched and authoritative exploration of the powers and personalities who shaped the modern post-war world. It is a timely and important book because so many the institutions and Empires that rose from the ashes of a destroyed Europe - the global dominance of the United States; the Marshall Plan and the dream of a united Europe; the United Nations; the post-colonial settlement that partitioned India and created Israel - remain the fault-lines of today's world. Crowder brings the personalities of the era's key architects from Washington, London and Moscow to vivid life, and his exploration is told with tremendous elegance and brio.', Owen Matthews, author of Glorious Misadventures; 'Richard Crowder offers an account of the main events which immediately followed the Second World War. He begins with the end of the War in 1945 and carries on through the achievements of the NATO treaty four years later. In these four years, the main institutions by which we are still governed in international affairs began to take shape. We now look at these institutions with some anxiety because they are beginning to creak rather badly. Before we begin to put them right we need to understand why they took their present shape and what were the motives of the men who set them up? Richard Crowder tells the story in straightforward language and manages to bring to life statesmen such as Marshall, Acheson and Truman who have begun to fade from our memories. I recommend this book whole-heartedly to anyone involved in handing present problems; as so often we shall not succeed in handling those problems unless we understand how and why they came about.', Lord Hurd of Westwell; 'This is scholarly history written for the ordinary reader: highly accessible, filled with insight and as exciting as a thriller while based on solid research. Read it with pleasure.', Christopher Catherwood, author of Winston's Folly; 'a wonderful account of the birth of the institutions that make up the modern world...paints a vivid and compelling picture of how out of the destruction of the Second World War emerged the United Nations, the Marshall plan, NATO and much else...an awe-inspiring story, told with style and pace.' - Pennant
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In a decade, between 1940 and 1950, the old world order collapsed, and a new one was created. Old European empires - France, Germany and the United Kingdom - receded, replaced by two new superpowers - the Soviet Union and the United States. Beyond Europe, a swath of new countries was created: India, Communist China, Israel and the modern Arab states, Indonesia, the Koreas. But there were darker shadows too, cast by the onset of the Cold War: the failure to establish international controls on atomic energy, or the growth of the national security state and modern intelligence apparatus. This era also produced some of the most remarkable statesmen of modern times, including leaders such as Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Truman, de Gaulle, Nehru and Mao Tsetung; diplomats like George Marshall, Dean Acheson, Anthony Eden, Ernest Bevin and Robert Schuman; and international fixers, such as Averell Harriman, John Maynard Keynes, or Jean Monnet. Their stories form the core fabric of this book. Richard Crowder examines their shared ambition to rebuild the world, and launch a second age of globalization.
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- VerlagI.B. Tauris
- Erscheinungsdatum2015
- ISBN 10 1784531022
- ISBN 13 9781784531027
- EinbandTapa dura
- Anzahl der Seiten320
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