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From World War to Cold War : Churchill, Roosevelt, and the international history of the 1940s / David Reynolds.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: viii, 363 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0199284113 (alk. paper)
  • 9780199284115 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.82
LOC classification:
  • D 521 R462f 2006
Online resources: Summary: This book persistently challenges popular stereotypes - for instance on Churchill in 1940 or his Curtain speech in 1946. It probes clichés such as 'the special relationship' and even 'the Second World War'. And it offers new views of the familiar, such as the Fall of France in 1049 or Franklin Roosevelt as 'the wheelchair president.' Incisive and readable, written by leading international historian, these essays encourages us to think our understanding of this momentous period in the world history. -- Back cover
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) D 521 R462f 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 4 1 Available 00000107774

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book persistently challenges popular stereotypes - for instance on Churchill in 1940 or his Curtain speech in 1946. It probes clichés such as 'the special relationship' and even 'the Second World War'. And it offers new views of the familiar, such as the Fall of France in 1049 or Franklin Roosevelt as 'the wheelchair president.' Incisive and readable, written by leading international historian, these essays encourages us to think our understanding of this momentous period in the world history. -- Back cover

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