Struggle for Europe The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent 1945 to the Present

Name: Struggle for Europe The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent 1945 to the Present
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ISBN: 9780385497992

ISBN-10: 0385497997

ISBN-13: 9780385497992

Edition: 2004

Authors: William I. Hitchcock

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From the ashes of World War II to the conflict over Iraq, William Hitchcock examines the miraculous transformation of Europe from a deeply fractured land to a continent striving for stability, tolerance, democracy, and prosperity. Exploring the role of Cold War politics in Europe’s peace settlement and the half century that followed, Hitchcock reveals how leaders such as Charles de Gaulle, Willy Brandt, and Margaret Thatcher balanced their nations’ interests against the demands of the reigning superpowers, leading to great strides in economic and political unity. He re-creates Europeans’ struggles with their troubling legacy of racial, ethnic, and national antagonism, and shows that while…

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List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/3/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 5.13" wide x 7.99" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

William I. Hitchcock is assistant professor of history and associate director of International Security Studies at Yale University.



Introduction


Aftermath


German Midnight: The Division of Europe, 1945


Building Jerusalem: The Labour Government in Britain, 1945–1951


Democracy Embattled: France, Italy, and West Germany, 1944–1949


Behind the Iron Curtain: Communism in Power, 1945-1953


Boom


The Miraculous Fifties


Winds of Change: The End of the European Empires


Hope Betrayed: The Khrushchev Years, 1953–1964


The Gaullist Temptation: Western Europe in the 1960s


Rebels


Europe and Its Discontents: 1968 and After


Southern Renaissance: The Transition to Democracy in Spain, Portugal, and Greece


Cracks in the Wall: Eastern Europe, 1968-1981


Rule, Britannia: The Thatcher Era


Unity?


The European Revolutions, 1989–1991


The Bones of Bosnia


Who Is European? Race, Immigration, and the Politics of Division


The Elusive European Union