Post-War
Following the conflict
Post-war describes the period following a war, especially the years after World War II: post-war reconstruction, the post-war economic boom.
The term implies recovery, rebuilding, and often significant social change.
Without further specification, post-war typically refers to 1945 onward in Western contexts.
Also spelled postwar.
Constructing anew after destruction
- Marshall PlanPostwar American economic assistance
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- rubbleBroken building fragments
infrastructure · reparations · aid · restoration · bombed-out · rationing · shortages · housing crisis
Period of high births
- suburbanizationGrowth of outlying residential areas
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- neo-realismArt emphasizing ordinary life
commemoration · remembrance · collective memory · disillusionment · optimism · atomic age · social change · gender roles
Loud deep sound
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- welfare stateGovernment-funded citizen support system
full employment · industrial growth · economic miracle · Wirtschaftswunder · planned economy · labor shortages · price controls · debt
Ending wartime military readiness
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- GI BillVeteran education benefit
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
shell shock · pensions · homecoming · adjustment · trauma · disability · prosthetics · employment
Cold War's political divide
- divisionSplitting into parts
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- spheres of influenceAreas of dominant authority
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
borders · treaties · sovereignty · independence · decolonization · superpowers · NATO · Warsaw Pact
rebuilding
Constructing anew after destruction
- Marshall PlanPostwar American economic assistance
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
rubble · infrastructure · reparations · aid · restoration · bombed-out · rationing · shortages · housing crisis · displaced persons
baby boom
Period of high births
- suburbanizationGrowth of outlying residential areas
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
neo-realism · commemoration · remembrance · collective memory · disillusionment · optimism · atomic age · social change · gender roles · civil rights
boom
Loud deep sound
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
welfare state · full employment · industrial growth · economic miracle · Wirtschaftswunder · planned economy · labor shortages · price controls · debt · inflation
demobilization
Ending wartime military readiness
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- GI BillVeteran education benefit
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
PTSD · shell shock · pensions · homecoming · adjustment · trauma · disability · prosthetics · employment · housing benefits
Iron Curtain
Cold War's political divide
- divisionSplitting into parts
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- spheres of influenceAreas of dominant authority
partition · borders · treaties · sovereignty · independence · decolonization · superpowers · NATO · Warsaw Pact · containment
- Central EuropeCzech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Germany