Year Zero Audiobook by Ian Buruma
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Listen to full audiobook for free : https://audiobookzap.com/free Title: Year Zero Subtitle: A History of 1945 Categories: 20th Century, Europe, History, Military Author: Ian Buruma Narrator: Gildart Jackson Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Release date: 09-26-2013 Language: English Summary: Year Zero is a landmark reckoning with the great drama that ensued after war came to an end in 1945. One world had ended and a new, uncertain one was beginning. Regime change had come across Asia and all of continental Europe. It was the greatest global power vacuum in history, and out of the often vicious power struggles that ensued emerged the modern world as we know it. In human terms, the scale of transformation is almost impossible to imagine. Great cities around the world lay in ruins, their populations decimated, displaced, starving. Harsh revenge was meted out on a wide scale, and the ground was laid for much darkness to come. At the same time, in the wake of unspeakable loss, the euphoria of the liberated wasextraordinary, the revelry unprecedented. The postwar years gave rise to the Europeanwelfare state, the United Nations, American democracy, Japanese pacifism, and the European Union. Society-wide reeducation was imposed on the vanquished on a scale that had no historical precedent. Much that was done was ill-advised, but in hindsight these efforts were relatively enlightened, humane, and effective. A poignant grace note throughout his history is Buruma's own father's story. #ad Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
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