LEADER 03805cam a22004817i 4500001 287446 005 20240624132620.0 008 230111s2020 nyua b 001 0 eng d 010 2017300922 020 9780062433527 |q(hardcover) 020 0062433520 |q(hardcover) 035 (OCoLC)on1111393668 035 (DLC) 2017300922 035 (DLC)287446 042 lccopycat 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dTP7 |dOCLCF |dYDXIT |dBDX |dJAS |dOCL |dVP@ |dCUT |dEMU |dOCL |dOCLCO |dMDK |dOCLCO |dCUV |dOCLCO |dDLC 050 00 D741 |b.J36 2020 082 04 940.53/11 |223 100 1 Jankowski, Paul, |d1950- |eauthor. 245 10 All against all : |bthe long winter of 1933 and the origins of the Second World War / |cPaul Jankowski. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York, NY : |bHarper, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, |c[2020] 300 xxi, 454 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-439) and index. 520 "A narrative history, cinematic in scope, of a process that was taking shape in the winter of 1933 as domestic passions around the world colluded to drive governments towards a war few of them wanted and none of them could control. All Against All is the story of the season our world changed from postwar to prewar again. It is a book about the power of bad ideas -- exploring why, during a single winter, between November 1932 and April 1933, so much went so wrong. Historian Paul Jankowski reveals that it was collective mentalities and popular beliefs that drove this crucial period that sent nations on the path to war, as much as any rational calculus called "national interest." Over these six months, collective delusions filled the air. Whether in liberal or authoritarian regimes, mass participation and the crowd mentality ascended. Hitler came to power ; Japan invaded Jehol and left the League of Nations ; Mussolini looked towards Africa ; Roosevelt was elected ; France changed governments three times ; and the victors of 1918 fell out acrimoniously over war debts, arms, currency, tariffs, and Germany. New hopes flickered but not for long : a world economic conference was planned, only to collapse when the US went its own way. All Against All reconstructs a series of seemingly disparate happenings whose connections can only be appraised in retrospect. As he weaves together the stories of the influences that conspired to lead the world to war, Jankowski offers a cautionary tale relevant for western democracies today. The rising threat from dictatorial regimes and the ideological challenge presented by communism and fascism gave the 1930s a unique face, just as global environmental and demographic crises are coloring our own. While we do not know for certain where these crises will take us, we do know that those of the 1930s culminated in the Second World War." -- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive brief record update service 24 June 2024 599 Shelved at 49-1-2 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCauses. 650 0 Nineteen thirty-three, A.D. 650 6 Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 |xCauses. 650 6 Mil neuf cent trente-trois. 650 7 HISTORY / Military / World War II. |2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. |2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY / World. |2bisacsh 650 7 War |xCauses. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01170331 650 7 Nineteen thirty-three, A.D. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01037833 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 852 |breceiving |kShelved at 49-1-2