Savage Continent Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

Name: Savage Continent Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
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ISBN: 9781250033567

ISBN-10: 125003356X

ISBN-13: 9781250033567

Edition: 2012

Authors: Keith Lowe

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The Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in reality it rumbled on for another ten years... The end of the Second World War in Europe is one of the twentieth century's most iconic moments. It is fondly remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets, danced, drank and made love until the small hours. These images of victory and celebration are so strong in our minds that the period of anarchy and civil war that followed has been forgotten. Across Europe, landscapes had been ravaged, entire cities razed and more than thirty million people had beenkilled in the war. The institutions that we now take for granted - such as the police, the media, transport,…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 7/2/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Keith Lowe was born in London in 1970. After travelling around the world for several years, he studies English Literature at Manchester University. He now works as a nonfiction editor in a UK publishing house.



List of Illustrations


List of Maps


Introduction


Note on Place Names



The Legacy of War



Physical Destruction



Absence



Displacement



Famine



Moral Destruction



Hope



Landscape of Chaos



Vengeance



The Thirst for Blood



The Camps Liberated



Vengeance Restrained: Slave Labourers



German Prisoners of War



Vengeance Unrestrained: Eastern Europe



The Enemy Within



Revenge on Women and Children



The Purpose of Vengeance



Ethnic Cleansing



Wartime Choices



The Jewish Flight



The Ethnic Cleansing of Ukraine and Poland



The Expulsion of the Germans



Europe in Microcosm: Yugoslavia



Western Tolerance, Eastern Intolerance



Civil War



Wars within Wars



Political Violence in France and Italy



The Greek Civil War



Cuckoo in the Nest: Communism in Romania



The Subjugation of Eastern Europe



The Resistance of the 'Forest Brothers'



The Cold War Mirror


Conclusion


Acknowledgements


Sources


Notes


Index