Postwar:A History of Europe Since 1945
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Author: Judt, Tony
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 960
Europe in 1945 was prostrate. Much of the continent was devastated by war, mass slaughter, bombing and chaos. Large areas of Eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control, exchanging one despotism for another. Today, the Soviet Union is no more and the democracies of the European Union reach as far as the borders of Russia itself. ostwar tells the rich and complex story of how we got from there to here, a story that unfolds under the permanent shadow of the war itself. It tells of Europe's recovery from the devastation; of the decline and fall of Soviet Communism and the rise of the EC and EU; of the end of Europe's empires; and of Europe's uneasy and changing relationships with the memory of the war and with the two great powers that bracket it, Russian and America. udt presents the history of the German car industry in the light of the British; relates what happened in Paris in 1968 to the events of that year in Prague and in Italy; and illuminates Salazar's fascist dictatorship in Portugal not only in the light of Franco's Spain but of Ceausescu's Romania. With clarity and economy, he tells of developments across the continent as a whole, as well as of the contrasting expe
Author: Judt, Tony
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 960
Europe in 1945 was prostrate. Much of the continent was devastated by war, mass slaughter, bombing and chaos. Large areas of Eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control, exchanging one despotism for another. Today, the Soviet Union is no more and the democracies of the European Union reach as far as the borders of Russia itself. ostwar tells the rich and complex story of how we got from there to here, a story that unfolds under the permanent shadow of the war itself. It tells of Europe's recovery from the devastation; of the decline and fall of Soviet Communism and the rise of the EC and EU; of the end of Europe's empires; and of Europe's uneasy and changing relationships with the memory of the war and with the two great powers that bracket it, Russian and America. udt presents the history of the German car industry in the light of the British; relates what happened in Paris in 1968 to the events of that year in Prague and in Italy; and illuminates Salazar's fascist dictatorship in Portugal not only in the light of Franco's Spain but of Ceausescu's Romania. With clarity and economy, he tells of developments across the continent as a whole, as well as of the contrasting expe
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Judt, Tony
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 960
Europe in 1945 was prostrate. Much of the continent was devastated by war, mass slaughter, bombing and chaos. Large areas of Eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control, exchanging one despotism for another. Today, the Soviet Union is no more and the democracies of the European Union reach as far as the borders of Russia itself. ostwar tells the rich and complex story of how we got from there to here, a story that unfolds under the permanent shadow of the war itself. It tells of Europe's recovery from the devastation; of the decline and fall of Soviet Communism and the rise of the EC and EU; of the end of Europe's empires; and of Europe's uneasy and changing relationships with the memory of the war and with the two great powers that bracket it, Russian and America. udt presents the history of the German car industry in the light of the British; relates what happened in Paris in 1968 to the events of that year in Prague and in Italy; and illuminates Salazar's fascist dictatorship in Portugal not only in the light of Franco's Spain but of Ceausescu's Romania. With clarity and economy, he tells of developments across the continent as a whole, as well as of the contrasting expe
Author: Judt, Tony
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 960
Europe in 1945 was prostrate. Much of the continent was devastated by war, mass slaughter, bombing and chaos. Large areas of Eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control, exchanging one despotism for another. Today, the Soviet Union is no more and the democracies of the European Union reach as far as the borders of Russia itself. ostwar tells the rich and complex story of how we got from there to here, a story that unfolds under the permanent shadow of the war itself. It tells of Europe's recovery from the devastation; of the decline and fall of Soviet Communism and the rise of the EC and EU; of the end of Europe's empires; and of Europe's uneasy and changing relationships with the memory of the war and with the two great powers that bracket it, Russian and America. udt presents the history of the German car industry in the light of the British; relates what happened in Paris in 1968 to the events of that year in Prague and in Italy; and illuminates Salazar's fascist dictatorship in Portugal not only in the light of Franco's Spain but of Ceausescu's Romania. With clarity and economy, he tells of developments across the continent as a whole, as well as of the contrasting expe