Year Zero: 1945·the Birth of the Modern World
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"Year Zero" reviews the changes in the world situation in 1945, the end of World War II. One world has come to an end, and another brand-new world with an uncertain future is slowly opening. Regime changes are taking place all over the world, and brutal power struggles and earth-shaking changes are taking place in both Asia and continental Europe. In the process, the modern world as we know it was born. The end of the war brought liberation and joy everywhere, but through the eyes of those who witnessed it, the ruthless revenge on a large scale, widespread famine, and the dilemma of overstretched resources were clearly visible. At the same time, European forces were reorganized, communism in Russia and Eastern Europe grew stronger, civil war broke out in China, the US military took over Japan, and Southeast Asian countries shifted from colonial liberation to authoritarian rule. The complex international relations heralded the beginning of the Cold War.
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