1947: Where Now Begins
by Elisabeth Asbrink is a fascinating book about the post-war world. Written as a series vignettes, Asbrink shows
how 1947 was a key year for the formation of world order. In many ways, we are living with the results (or failed results) of this
pivotal year.
This was the year when UNSCOP issued its report recommending
the partition of Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state. Britain rushed through its own talks in
India, drawing boundaries between India and Pakistan that would cause
lasting animosity and violence.
Europe
was in ashes, but looking for a way forward.
Things had ended, but not really; Asbrink devotes considerable time to
the fascist underground that developed in Sweden in 1947, and laid the
foundation for far right nationalist movements we see today.
1947 is well written, extensively researched,
and pertinent for our time.
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