Empire of democracy : the remaking of the West since the Cold War, 1971-2017 / Simon Reid-Henry.

"A unique, rich history of Western liberal democracy over the last forty years, from the fundamental series of changes in the 1970s, to its latest, present incarnation. Half a century ago, at the height of the Cold War and amidst a world economic crisis, the Western democracies were forced to u...

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Main Author: Reid-Henry, Simon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2019]
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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505 0 |a Prologue: Two helicopters -- The unravelling -- The crisis of capitalism -- The reckoning -- A split in the world -- "Let fury have the hour" -- The victory : remaking Europe -- America and "a world transformed" -- The great convergence -- A democratic peace? -- The new prosperity -- Farewell to all that -- Blueprints for the new millennium -- The assault on freedom -- In the shadow of war -- The great recession -- Back to the streets -- Crisis upon crisis -- Epilogue: The end of an era? 
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