postwar reconstruction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpost-warandreconstruction
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post-war
adjective
uk/ˈpəʊst.wɔː/us/ˈpoʊst.wɔːr/
happening or existing in the period after a war, especially the First or Second ...
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reconstruction
noun
uk/ˌriː.kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/us/ˌriː.kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/
the process of building or creating something again that has been damaged ...
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But they were immensely important to the myth of resistance, both at the time and in thepostwarreconstruction.
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The process ofpostwarreconstructioninvolved many continuities with pre-war patterns of economy and society.
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The chambers' on-the-ground experience made them central agents ofpostwarreconstruction, too.
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In these areas, then, systemic reform was on the agenda forpostwarreconstruction.
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Any attempts atpostwarreconstructionshould include efficient strategies for creating democratic institutions, strengthening civil society activities, and protecting human rights.
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His business was very modest, but these were the years ofpostwarreconstruction, and my father's customers faced all sorts of new financial problems.
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Socialists did not dwell on such potential problems, although, from the very beginning of the war, they discussed international (as well as domestic)postwarreconstructionextensively.
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Elle's messages regarding women's roles inpostwarreconstructionare indeed continuous with the new regime's own equivocality.
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This is an important unknown factor in consideringpostwarreconstruction.
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The removal of tariff barriers would go a long way in the direction of promotingpostwarreconstructionand rehabilitation.
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We shall depend upon the small private builder for the bulk of ourpostwarreconstruction, and he must be kept going.
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I wish to direct my remarks in particular to taxation and its bearing onpostwarreconstruction.
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It is also important to make it possible for women to participate in thepostwarreconstructionof their own countries.
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Our effort through planning in the period ofpostwarreconstructionwas certainly successful.
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It has been decided that the future structure of this particular branch shall be investigated as part of thepostwarreconstructionprogramme.
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It would have been easier to have tackled them in the years between the wars, when there would not have been the difficulties which are associated withpostwarreconstruction.
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We record with great satisfaction the way that they have settled down in this country and the contribution that they have made to our efforts atpostwarreconstruction.
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Their purpose was to train officers inpostwarreconstructionand other missions incident to military operations in foreign countries.
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For example, new technologies developed during a war and forced modernization duringpostwarreconstructioncan cause old technologies to become valueless.
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