Europe Since 1945

Philip Thody

Routledge, Sep 11, 2002 - History - 336 pages

Europe Since 1945 is an exciting new survey of the history of Europe since the end of World War Two. In the second half of the twentieth century Europe has known a period of peace and stability unprecedented in its history and virtually unparalleled in the rest of the world. Europe explains the reasons for this state of affairs.
Thought- provoking and wide ranging, this book discusses political, economic, social and cultural change in modern Europe. Covering both Western and Eastern Europe comprehensively and featuring extensive analysis of the 1990s, this book includes examination of:
* the Cold War
* War at the edges - Northern Ireland and Yugoslavia
* the European Union
* the issues of Nationalism
* the end of the dictatorships
* economic prosperity, the EEC and the Euro
* the break-up of the European Empires and the consequences.

Contents

• Part 2 The Rise and Fall of the Socialist Ideal: 80
• Part 3 The Movement Towards European Unity: 145
• Part 4 The Ending of the European Empires: 204
• Notes: 274
• Guide to Further Reading: 288
• Index: 291

About the author

Philip Thody was Emeritus Professor at Leeds University and the author of An historical introduction to the European Union (Routledge, 1997), The Conservative Imagination (Pinter, 1993) and The Fifth French Republic (Routledge,1998)

Bibliographic information

• Title: Europe Since 1945
• Author: Philip Thody
• Publisher: Routledge, 2002
• ISBN: 113462297X, 9781134622979
• Length: 336 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / General; History / General; History / Modern / 20th Century / General