A Low, Dishonest Decade - The Great Powers, Eastern Europe Economic Origins of World War II,

Almost all written histories of the period leading up to World War II stress political, diplomatic, and ideological conflicts. Arguing that previous historians have confused effect for cause and have considered these conflicts without reference to the systemic problems that provoked them. Paul Hehn focuses on the fierce rivalries among the Great Powers in the relentless search for markets during the world depression of the 1930s. These rivalries were exacerbated particularly in southeastern Europe where Germany dominated the economies and trade arenas of its neighbors in a semi-colonial manner. In A Low Dishonest Decade , Hehn surveys the five Major Powers and all the Eastern European countries from the Baltic to Turkey. But he primarily canvases the economic situations in strategic locations like Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. >

About the author

Paul N. Hehn was Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York at Brockport, USA. He was a veteran of World War II (the Pacific Theater) and the author of A Low Dishonest Decade (Continuum, 2006).

Product details

• Authors: Paul N Hehn, Paul N. Hehn
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2005
• EAN: 9780826417619
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-1761-9
• No. of pages: 536
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Europäische Geschichte, Zwischen den Weltkriegen (1919 bis 1939 n. Chr.)