Year zero : a history of 1945

Summary: A history professor describes the events during the year World War II ended, beginning a new era of prosperity in America, rebirth and rebuilding in Europe, and the start of the Cold War era.

Record details

ISBN: 9781594204364
ISBN: 1594204365
ISBN: 9780143125976 (paperback)
ISBN: 0143125974 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-353) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Liberation complex. Exultation ; Hunger ; Revenge. -- Clearing the rubble. Going home ; Draining the poison ; The rule of law. -- Never again. Bright confident morning ; Civilizing the brutes ; One world.