Origins
The concept of a "second Thirty Years War" originated in 1946 with Sigmund Neumann in his book The Future in Perspective (1946). In 1948 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave the idea a boost when, in the first paragraph of the Preface to The Gathering Storm (1948), he says his books will "cover an account of another Thirty Years War".
Major European conflicts during this period include Balkan Wars (1912–13), World War I (1914–18), Russian Civil War (1917–1923), Ukrainian–Soviet War (1917–21), Polish-Soviet War (1919–1921), Spanish Civil War (1936–39) and World War II (1939–45).
Though it is not "scholarly" in form, it is obviously based upon close acquaintance with the sources and keenly perceptive observation. Thus it is that rare combination of the scholarly study and readable synthesis that many strive for and few attain. In approaching his subject, Neumann regards the years since 1914 as another Thirty Years' War which has been accompanied at the same time by a revolution that is still going on. Likening World War I and the Versailles peace to a prologue, he interprets what followed as five acts of a Greek drama of approximately equal length: 1919–24, 1924–29, 1929–34, 1934–39 and 1939–45. —Lee, D.W. (December 1946). "Review of Sigmund Neumann's The future in perspective"Read more about this topic: Second Thirty Years War
Famous quotes containing the word origins:
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