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Book SynopsisIn 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.
Table of ContentsForeword, 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
