A Global History of the Twentieth Century - Legacies and Lessons from Six National Perspectives

In this volume, a distinguished group of scholars examine the national experiences of six major twentieth-century powers-- the United States, Japan, Turkey, China, India and Germany-to discern the centuries' legacies for today and the lessons for tomorrow.

List of contents

Foreword, John J. Hamre
Introduction, Michael J. Green

Chapter 1: Lifting the Burdens of the Past: How Three Mid-Twentieth Century Presidents Transformed the United States, William Inboden
Chapter 2: Japan in the Global History of the Twentieth Century: A Path to "Proactive Contribution to Peace," Shinichi Kitaoka and Yuichi Hosoya
Chapter 3: The Turkish Experience of the Twentieth Century, Cemil Aydin
Chapter 4: China's "Prolonged Rise": A Twentieth Century Tale and its Twenty-First Century Implications, Chen Jian
Chapter 5: The Transformation of India in the Twentieth Century, Srinath Raghavan
Chapter 6: Germany's Trajectory in the Twentieth Century: Global Perspectives, Sebastian Conrad

About the Editors and Contributors
Index

About the author

Michael J. Green is senior vice president for Asia and Japan Chair at CSIS and chair in modern and contemporary Japanese politics and foreign policy at Georgetown University.

Nicholas Szechenyi is a senior fellow and deputy director of the Japan Chair at CSIS.

Summary

In this volume, a distinguished group of scholars examine the national experiences of six major twentieth-century powers-- the United States, Japan, Turkey, China, India and Germany-to discern the centuries' legacies for today and the lessons for tomorrow.

Product details

• Authors: Michael J. Green, Michael J. (EDT)/ Szechenyi Green
• Assisted by: Michael J Green (Editor), Michael J. Green (Editor), Nicholas Szechenyi (Editor)
• Publisher: Center For Strategic & Intl Studies
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781442279704
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7970-4
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: CSIS Reports; CSIS Reports
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education