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the era when everyone agreed never again, then spent decades arguing about the details.
means the period following a major war, especially used for the years after world war two when the world rebuilt itself and drew new lines.
from from post- (after) plus war; the term surged after 1945 as nations needed a word for the strange, hopeful, rubble-strewn interval between destruction and whatever came next.
boombirthrates spiked so hard we named a generation after it
institutionsun, imf, world bank all born postwar 1944-45
bordersredrawn so fast maps needed annual reprinting
marshall plan13 billion dollars rebuilt europe by 1951
for instance
marshall plan — us funded european recovery, 1948-1952
japanese economic miracle — rubble to second-largest economy by 1968
berlin airlift — 1948-49, city fed by plane for 11 months
nhs founding — britain built free healthcare from war debt, 1948