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The dark valley : a panorama of the 1930s /

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Distinguished historian Brendon brings the tragic, dismal days of the 1930s to life in this sweeping narrative. "The Dark Valley" captures the vast scope of history as well as the minutia of everyday life, rendering a huge topic comprehensible and creating a gripping, page-turning drama of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brendon, Piers (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, [2002]
Edition:1st Vintage books ed.
Subjects:
World politics > 1933-1945.
National socialism.
Europe > History > 1918-1945.
Japan > History > 1926-1945.
Soviet Union > History > 1925-1953.
Politique mondiale > 1933-1945.
Nazisme.
Europe > Histoire > 1918-1945.
Japon > Histoire > 1926-1945.
URSS > Histoire > 1925-1953.
National Socialism.
World politics.
Europe.
Japan.
Soviet Union.
1918-1953
History.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Approach: Harvest of Armageddon
  • Roots of fascism
  • Bane of capitalism
  • Into the abyss: Depression in America
  • Triumph of Hitler
  • Duce and the Pope
  • Decadence of France
  • Slump in Britain
  • Japan's imperial destiny
  • Stalin's revolution
  • New deal
  • Nazis in power
  • Mussolini's abyssinian adventure
  • Leon Blum and the popular front
  • Canon: Coming of the Spanish Civil War
  • Franco's victory
  • Deepening gloom: Britain's royal state
  • Rise of Japanese militarism
  • Soviet purges
  • America in isolation
  • Fuhrer's path to war
  • Fascist axis
  • France's lean years
  • Churchill, Chamberlain and appeasement
  • Nippon in China
  • Making of the Nazi-Soviet pact
  • Chasm: Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.