A Global History of the Twentieth Century

Legacies and Lessons from Six National Perspectives

Foreword by The Honorable John J. Hamre Edited by Michael J. Green, Nicholas Szechenyi

Publication date:

01 February 2017

Length of book:

154 pages

Publisher

Center for Strategic & International Studies

Dimensions:

225x144mm
6x9"

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. They explore core themes including anticolonialism, democracy, socialism, nationalism, industrialization, nuclear weapons, and globalization and provide their own personal interpretations of the century, as well as their respective nation’s experiences and historical memory of the era. Together, they provide a broad historical context of the forces that shaped the twentieth century that will be of interest to scholars and students of history as well as policymakers.

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