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| The European Dilemma: Unity or Diversity | |
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| What is Europe? Civilization, Culture, and Identity | |
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| Europe's Dark Side: War and Tyranny | |
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| War and Revolution: An Ambiguous Legacy | |
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| Postwar Europe | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Established Democracies | |
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| Western Europe: Divergent Paths to the Modern State | |
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| Overview | |
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| Case Studies: The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain | |
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| Politics in Western Europe: Triumph of Constitutional Democracy | |
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| Overview | |
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| Miraculous Recovery, Postmodern Malaise | |
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| Case Studies: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain | |
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| Western Europe Today: Democracy in Postmodern Societies | |
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| Overview | |
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| The Downside of Modernity | |
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| Welfare States: Broken and Beyond Repair? The Bumpy Road Ahead | |
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| Britain: The Great Dilemma | |
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| France: Model or Relic? Germany: Beyond Unification, What? Italy: Reform or Relapse? Spain: Nation of Region or Region of Nations? Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Emerging Democracies | |
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| Eastern Europe: The Slavic | |
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| Overview | |
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| Slavic Europe | |
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| The Imprint of History | |
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| The Origins of Soviet Totalitarianism | |
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| The Cold War Era (1945-1991) | |
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| Ideology and Political Culture | |
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| Eastern Europe Before | |
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| Slavic But Not Russian: Poland, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Politics in Eastern Europe: Blending the Old and the New | |
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| Overview | |
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| The Legacy of Soviet Communism | |
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| Postcommunist Russia | |
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| Eastern Europe: From Stalinism to Pluralism | |
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| Case Studies: Poland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia) | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Eastern Europe Today: The Long (But Wide Open) Road West | |
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| Overview | |
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| Russia: Neither East Nor West | |
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| Eastern Europe: Heading West | |
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| Poland: The Shock Treatment | |
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| Ukraine: Geography Is Destiny?Or Maybe Not? Czech Republic: Challenges Ahead | |
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| Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia): Rejecting Dictatorship | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| The European Union | |
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| Beyond East and West: What is Europe? Overview | |
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| What Makes Europeans European | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| The United States Of Europe: Inevitable or Impossible? Overview | |
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| Becoming Europe: The EU as Catalyst | |
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| The Mother of All Treaties: The European Constitution | |
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| Is Europe Weak? Summary and Conclusions | |
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| Index | |