The Last European War: September 1939 - December 1941Yale University Press, 1 ene 2001 - 562 páginas This absorbing study of the first--and decisive--phase of World War II tells not only how events happened but why they happened as they did. Eminent historian John Lukacs presents an extraordinary narrative of these two years, followed by a detailed sequential analysis of the lives of the peoples and then of the political, military, and intellectual relations and events. "Lukacs's book is consistently interesting, surprising, and provocative." --James Joll, New York Times Book Review "This dispassionate, humorous, serious, and brilliantly written book marks an important step forward in our understanding of a past that is still within living memory." --Economist "An excellent, valuable, and highly readable book. . . . It makes both fascinating and extraordinarily valuable reading. It is a major contribution to historical scholarship." --Joseph G. Harrison, Christian Science Monitor "A brilliant, original study of what this era meant--socially, politically, artistically, intellectually--in the lives of the peoples of Europe. . . . [Lukacs's] grasp of emotional as well as intellectual history is commanding." --New Yorker "Deserves to be widely read, seriously considered, and vigorously debated." --Gordon Wright, American Historical Review |
Índice
Introduction Germany and Europe | 3 |
Hitlers year | 8 |
The coming of the war in 1939 | 25 |
Reluctant war | 54 |
Germany triumphant | 77 |
Germany governant | 107 |
Germany conquerant | 125 |
Germany rampant | 141 |
NATIONAL SOCIALISM | 308 |
The relations of states | 327 |
The balance of powers | 339 |
States and ideologies | 345 |
SATELLITES AND EXILES | 351 |
Neutrals And Volunteers | 361 |
Communications And Intelligence | 369 |
International propaganda | 375 |
Germany halted | 154 |
A second world war | 161 |
The Main Movements | 169 |
The lives of the peoples | 171 |
The Transmission Of Life | 173 |
The uprooting of peoples | 183 |
FOOD DRINK SLEEP | 191 |
REVEUSE BOURGEOISIE | 201 |
BLACK MARKETS | 224 |
The laws of Economics | 227 |
The march of the armies | 239 |
Land Warfare | 248 |
THE MARTIAL QUALITIES | 268 |
The movements of politics | 282 |
The Split Right | 286 |
The Failed Left | 297 |
The sentiments of nations | 383 |
INTERNATIONAL AFFINITIES | 392 |
Persistence Of National Characteristics | 414 |
The Problem Of The Jews | 427 |
The convergences of thought and of belief | 454 |
Religion | 455 |
RESISTANCE | 478 |
UNITED EUROPE? | 487 |
Americanization | 496 |
END OF THE BOURGEOIS AGE? | 512 |
Mind And Matter | 519 |
Bibliographical remarks | 528 |
Abbreviations Of Cited References | 539 |
Ackwonledgments | 552 |
553 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
The Last European War, September 1939/December 1941, Volumen 10 John Lukacs Vista de fragmentos - 1976 |
The Last European War, September 1939/December 1941, Volumen 10 John Lukacs Vista de fragmentos - 1976 |
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