Year Zero: A History of 1945

"Year Zero is a remarkable book, not because it breaks new ground, but in its combination of magnificence and modesty." -Wall Street Journal

A marvelous global history of the pivotal year 1945 as a new world emerged from the ruins of World War II

Year Zero is a landmark reckoning with the great drama that ensued after war came to an end in 1945. One world had ended and a new, uncertain one was beginning. Regime change had come on a global scale: across Asia (including China, Korea, Indochina...