{"product_id":"the-visionaries-by-james-holland","title":"The Visionaries, by James Holland","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe post-war world wasn't an accident - it was designed. So what happens when we forget the lesson?\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the Second World War was still a long way from being won, even by early 1941, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was already planning for peace. America’s entry into the war may still have been almost a year away, but he could already see the new world order that needed to emerge from the smouldering ashes of Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree years later, the Marshall Plan would emerge, a forward-thinking combination of global philanthropy and canny self-interest, which kickstarted unprecedented European growth and a chance for the world as a whole to rebuild after the ruinous catastrophe of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the world on the eve of war in 1914 through to the Versailles Treaty, to the Great Depression and the political earthquakes that followed, The Visionaries takes a broad sweep of history with important lessons for today. It’s a reminder that while history does not repeat itself, patterns of human behaviour certainly do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 320 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PENG01","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57252441620860,"sku":"9780857509710","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/7855\/5193\/files\/RestisHistory_21.png?v=1785933645","url":"https:\/\/shop.southbankcentre.co.uk\/products\/the-visionaries-by-james-holland","provider":"Southbank Centre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}