Screen LibraryMental maps in the era of two world wars
This book explores the 'mental maps' of leading political figures of the era of two world wars. Chapters focus on those giants whose ideas cast a compelling shadow: Lloyd George, Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, Briand and Stresemann, as well as other important figures: Poin...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230227606 |
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This book explores the 'mental maps' of leading political figures of the era of two world wars. Chapters focus on those giants whose ideas cast a compelling shadow: Lloyd George, Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, Briand and Stresemann, as well as other important figures: Poincare, Atatuerk, Benes, Chiang and Mao. 'A stimulating and highly coherent set of essays illuminating the intellectual formation and world views of leading policy-makers. Specialists and students alike will profit greatly from reading it.' - Patrick Finney, University of Wales Aberystwyth, UK. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2007. |
| Carrier Form: | 272 p. : 1 b&w, ill., 4 maps. |
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9780230007161 9780230227606 : 0230227600 : |
| CLC: | K901.4 |
| Contents: | Introduction-- S.Casey & J. Wright Raymond Poincare-- J.Keiger Lloyd George-- S.Marks The View from the Kremlin: Soviet Assumptions about the Capitalist World in the 1920s and 1930s-- C.Read One mind at Locarno? Gustav Stresemann and Aristide Briand-- J.Wright & J.Wright Atatuerk-- C.Foss Chiang Kaishek and Mao Zedong-- R.Mitter Hamaguchi Osachi-- E.Hotta Edvard Benes-- R.Crampton Mussolini, Il Duce-- A.Cassels Hitler-- N.Gregor The maps on Churchill's mind-- G.Best Franklin D. Roosevelt-- S.Casey. |