Postwar : a history of Europe since 1945 / Tony Judt
The first truly European history of contemporary Europe, from Lisbon to Leningrad, based on research in six languages, covering 34 countries across 60 years, using a great deal of material from newly available sources. The book integrates international relations, domestic politics, ideas, social cha...
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| Main Authors: | Judt, Tony (Author) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York, NY : The Penguin Press, 2005 |
| Edition: | 1. publ |
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Autorenbiografie Verlagsangaben |
| Table of Contents |
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| 1: Post-war: 1945-1953 |
| The legacy of war |
| Retribution |
| The rehabilitation of Europe |
| The impossible settlement |
| The coming of the cold war |
| Into the whirlwind |
| Culture wars |
| The end of old Europe |
| 2: Prosperity and its discontents: 1953-1971 |
| The politics of stability |
| Lost illusions |
| The age of affluence |
| The social democratic hour |
| The spectre of revolution |
| The end of the affair |
| 3: Recessional: 1971-1989 |
| Diminished expectations |
| Politics in a new key |
| A time of transition |
| The new realism |
| The power of the powerless |
| The end of the old order |
| 4: After the fall: 1989-2005 |
| A fissile continent |
| The reckoning |
| The old Europe--and the new |
| The varieties of Europe |
| Europe as a way of life |
| From the house of the dead: an essay on modern European memory. |
