Main entry:

Judt, Tony, author.

Title & Author:

Postwar : a history of Europe since 1945 / Tony Judt.

Publication:

New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2006.
©2005

Description:

xv, 933 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 835-878) and index.
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 moment -- 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 -- Epilogue: From the house of the dead: an essay on modern European memory.

Summary:

Provides a history of contemporary Europe, covering thirty-four countries over a span of sixty years, and includes discussion of the region's economic development, culture, and politics.

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ISBN:

9780143037750 (pbk.)
0143037757 (pbk.)
9781448709885
1448709881

Subject:

Europe History 1945-
Europe Histoire 1945-
Europe 1945- History.
Europe

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307624
Call No.: BIB 253095
Status: Available