Piers brendon the dark valley

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Well before dawn on 21 february 1916, when powdery snow lightened the darkness shrouding the lines of trenches gashed across the face of northern france, a 15inch krupp naval gun fired the first shot in the battle of verdun. Those who worry about the fragility of todays world order should remember the nightmarish 1930s. Brendon tracks the 30s through events in the uk, us, soviet is the 2010s the new 1930s. A panorama of the 1930s by piers brendon 2000, hardcover at the best online prices at. Piers brendon is the author of the dark valley, among other histories and biographies. The 1930s were perhaps the seminal decade in twentiethcentury history, a dark time of global depression that displaced millions, paralyzed the liberal democracies, gave rise to totalitarian regimes, and, ultimately, led to the second world war.

He was educated at shrewsbury school and magdalene college, cambridge, where he read history. Dealing individually with each of the periods great powers the usa, germany, italy, france, britain, japan, spain and russia brendon takes us through the ten years dominated by the great. This massive book also offers fascinating sketches of democrats and dictators struggling to cope with or exploit the enveloping. From stalinist pogroms to new deal programs, brendon re. But, as piers brendons epic history of the same name vividly demonstrates, it was apt to describe any of the worlds leading nations of the timethe crippled, traumatized european powers, a moody, solitary u. A panorama of the 1930s by piers brendon knopf, 832 pp. A panorama of the 1930s, which seeks to examine, in broad strokes, this remarkably important and influential decade, throughout. He is the former keeper of the churchill archives centre and a fellow of.

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Having found piers brendons the decline and fall of the british empire an entertaining and informative read i turned with a sense of expectation to his earlier work. The 1930s were perhaps the seminal decade in twentiethcentury hist. He is the former keeper of the churchill archives centre and a fellow of churchill college, cambridge. Piers brendons magisterial overview of the 1930s is the story of the dark, dishonest decade child of one world war and parent of the next that determined the course of the twentieth century. The era was a darkling plane of depression, untold poverty, soviet purges and the rise of cruel dictators such as hitler, mussolini and stalin. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Piers brendons magisterial overview of the 1930s is the story of the dark, dishonest decade, child of one world war and parent of the next, that determined the course of the twentieth century. Piers brendon does an outstanding job of weaving together all the threads that wind through the 1930s, across america, japan, and the european countries. The 1930s were perhaps the seminal decade in twentiethcentury history, a dark time of global depression that displaced millions, paralyzed the liberal democracies, gave rise to totalitarian regimes, and. The dark valley by piers brendon the 1930s were perhaps the seminal decade in twentiethcentury history, a dark time of global depression that displaced millions, paralyzed the liberal democracies, gave rise to totalitarian regimes, and, ultimately, led to the second world war. He also writes for television and contributes frequently to the national press. He concentrates on the countries of england, france, germany, spain, italy, russia, japan and american as they hurtle towards a war that seems all but inevitable, driven on by the depression and the growth of militaristic and totalitarian states. A panorama of the 1930s this magisterial overview of the 1930s is the story of the dark, dishonest decade, child of one world war and parent of the next, that determined the course of the twentieth century.

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