Aftershocks : Great Powers and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustration -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: A Century of Shocks and Waves -- 2. From Crests to Collapses: The Sources of Failure in Democratic Waves -- 3. The Alchemy of War -- 4. A Low Dishonest Decade -- 5. Two Ways of Life -- 6. The Winds from the Ea...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustration -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: A Century of Shocks and Waves -- 2. From Crests to Collapses: The Sources of Failure in Democratic Waves -- 3. The Alchemy of War -- 4. A Low Dishonest Decade -- 5. Two Ways of Life -- 6. The Winds from the East -- 7. Conclusion: Beyond the Great Plateau -- Appendix 1: Regime Classifications, 1900-2000 -- Appendix 2: Regime Impositions -- Bibliography -- Index Ausführliche Beschreibung