The future in perspective,
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New York :
G.P. Putnam's Sons,
[1946]
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Table of Contents:
- Background: Sarajevo and its causes. Nationalism, imperialism, international anarchy ; Age of progress-prelude to destruction ; Diplomacy of an incident
- A war and two revolutions. The two-front war ; Logistics ; Manpower and weapons ; Revolutions ; Peace offerings
- Versailles-a generation after. Peacemaking after total war ; The big four, who were only three ; Three directives for one settlement
- The war after the war 1919-24. The Weimar Republic-child of defeat ; France: quest for security ; The end of the Pax Britannica ; The U.S.A. retreats form world politics ; The Soviet Revolution; Communism for export? ; Mussolini's Italy, foretaste of fascism
- Stabilization and reconstruction 1924-29. The middle three ; The trials of the League of Nation ; Revolution for stability ; The roaring twenties
- the mounting crisis 1929-34. The great depression ; The three crisis strata ; Germany turns to Hitler
- Dictators march on the world 1934-39. The Chinese incident ; Ethiopia: the League retreats ; The Spanish Civil War-a dress rehearsal ; Munich: aggression hits center
- The Second World War 1939-45. Lightning war in Poland ; Hitler's new order in Europe ; Turning point-the global war ; The last big three ; The beginning of the end-D-Day
- Epilogue: the goal-peace. War aims: the short wave and the long wave ; The legacy of dictatorship ; The United Nations ; The people's peace