Year zero : a history of 1945 / Ian Buruma.

By:

Buruma, Ian

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London Atlantic Books 2013Description: 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781848879379

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

940.5314 BUR 23

Contents:

Part 1 Liberation Complex Chapter 1 Exultation 13 Chapter 2 Hunger 53 Chapter 3 Revenge 75 Part 2 Clearing the Rubble Chapter 4 Going Home 131 Chapter 5 Draining the Poison 169 Chapter 6 The Rule of Law 203 Part 3 Never Again Chapter 7 Bright Confident Morning 241 Chapter 8 Civilizing the Brutes 275 Chapter 9 One World 307 Epilogue 335

Summary: Ian Buruma examines the seven months (in Europe) and four months (in Asia) that followed surrender of the Axis powers, from the fate of Holocaust survivors liberated from the concetration camps, and the formation of the state of Israel, to the incipient civil war in China, and the allied occupation of Japan. If construction follows destruction, 'Year Zero' describes that extraordinary moment in between, when people faced the wreckage, full of despair, as well as great hope

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	940.5314 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K2331

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-353) and index.

Part 1 Liberation Complex

Chapter 1 Exultation 13

Chapter 2 Hunger 53

Chapter 3 Revenge 75

Part 2 Clearing the Rubble

Chapter 4 Going Home 131

Chapter 5 Draining the Poison 169

Chapter 6 The Rule of Law 203

Part 3 Never Again

Chapter 7 Bright Confident Morning 241

Chapter 8 Civilizing the Brutes 275

Chapter 9 One World 307

Epilogue 335

Ian Buruma examines the seven months (in Europe) and four months (in Asia) that followed surrender of the Axis powers, from the fate of Holocaust survivors liberated from the concetration camps, and the formation of the state of Israel, to the incipient civil war in China, and the allied occupation of Japan. If construction follows destruction, 'Year Zero' describes that extraordinary moment in between, when people faced the wreckage, full of despair, as well as great hope

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