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Europe since 1945 A Concise History

by: Wegs, J. Robert; Ladrech, Robert

Europe since 1945 A Concise History

by: Wegs, J. Robert; Ladrech, Robert

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9780312461164
ISBN 10:
031246116X
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/26/2007
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

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As Europe has expanded its influence in world economic and political affairs, there has been an increased need to understand how Europe recovered from the devastation of the Second World War to become a major world player. This concise history offers a comprehensive overview of Europe's political, social, economic and cultural developments since 1945.

List of Maps	p. x
List of Tables	p. xi
List of Illustrations	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
A Bipolar World	p. 1
The Emergence of the Superpowers	p. 1
The Soviet Union at War's End	p. 3
East-West Relations During Second World War	p. 5
Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam	p. 6
The Occupation of Germany	p. 11
The Iron Curtain Descends	p. 12
The Rift Widens	p. 15
The War Decade Ends	p. 21
Further Reading	p. 22
From Left to Right: European Politics, 1945-48	p. 27
Great Britain: The Welfare-State Begins	p. 28
France: The Fourth Republic	p. 31
Italy: A Policy of Muddling Through	p. 36
Spain: An End to Ostracism	p. 39
Portugal: Uninterrupted Peace	p. 40
The Small Countries: Restoring Order	p. 41
Greece: From Occupation to Civil War	p. 42
Popularity of the Left	p. 42
Further Reading	p. 43
Economic Recovery in Western Europe	p. 45
Characteristics of European Economic Recovery	p. 45
Marshall Plan Stimulus to Recovery	p. 46
Trade Stimulus to Recovery	p. 47
Demographic Stimulus to Recovery	p. 48
The New Capitalism	p. 49
Industrial Concentration and Nationalization	p. 51
Agricultural Developments	p. 52
France: Economic Development	p. 54
West Germany: Economic Development	p. 55
Britain: Economic Decline?	p. 56
Italy: Economic Development	p. 58
Post-war Development Patterns	p. 58
Further Reading	p. 59
Western European Politics, 1948-60s	p. 61
Italian Political Affairs	p. 61
West German Political Affairs	p. 63
French Political Affairs	p. 66
British Political Affairs	p. 71
Nordic Political Affairs	p. 73
Benelux Political Affairs	p. 74
Austrian Political Affairs	p. 75
Iberian Political Affairs	p. 75
The Economy in Political Affairs	p. 76
Further Reading	p. 77
The End of European Empire	p. 80
Stages on the Road to Independence	p. 81
India's Independence Movement	p. 82
China's Independence Movement	p. 84
Indochina's Independence Movement	p. 86
Indonesia's Independence Movement	p. 88
Middle East Independence Movements	p. 89
Africa's Independence Movements	p. 93
Decolonization and Immigration in Britain and France	p. 98
Further Reading	p. 99
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the 1950s and 1960s: The New Course and Polycentrism	p. 102
Post-war Society under Stalin	p. 103
The Post-war Economy under Stalin	p. 104
The Choice of Stalin's Successor	p. 104
Khrushchev's Leadership	p. 106
The Polish October	p. 106
The Hungarian Revolution	p. 108
Polycentrism	p. 111
Khrushchev's Fall from Power	p. 115
Further Reading	p. 117
European Unity	p. 120
The Beginnings of Unity	p. 121
The Council of Europe	p. 122
The European Coal and Steel Community	p. 123
The European Defense Community	p. 124
The European Economic Community	p. 125
The Re-launch of the European Union: From the Single Market to Maastricht and Beyond	p. 132
Deepening, Widening or Both?	p. 134
Further Reading	p. 138
Post-war European Society: A Consumer Society and Welfare State	p. 139
Europe's Class Structure	p. 140
Wages and Fringe Benefits	p. 142
Status of Women	p. 144
Status of Immigrant Labourers	p. 148
The Standard of Living	p. 150
The Work Week and Vacation	p. 152
The Voices of Labour	p. 154
Social Levelling	p. 158
A Ruling Elite?	p. 161
Composition of the Elite	p. 161
Education of the Elite	p. 164
The Plutocrats	p. 167
Political Attitudes and Social Class	p. 169
Further Reading	p. 171
Economics and Society in the Communist World	p. 173
The Soviet Economy	p. 174
Khrushchev's Decentralization	p. 174
Economic Policy from Kosygin and Brezhnev to Gorbachev	p. 175
East European Economic Modernization	p. 177
Agricultural Problems	p. 181
Eastern European Agriculture	p. 182
Living Standards	p. 184
Status	p. 187
The Role of Women	p. 187
Social Structure	p. 188
Changes in Education	p. 189
The Elite	p. 190
The Beginnings of Pluralism?	p. 191
Further Reading	p. 193
1968: Year of Crisis and Its Legacies	p. 196
Student Unrest in Italy and Germany	p. 197
Protest in France	p. 198
Unrest in Czechoslovakia: The Prague Spring	p. 205
Legacies of 1968: Political Violence	p. 209
Legacies of 1968: Growth of the Green Movement and Parties	p. 211
Further Reading	p. 213
Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to the 1970s and Beyond: Decline, Fall and Transition	p. 216
The Brezhnev Years, 1964-82	p. 218
The Gorbachev Phenomenon	p. 220
Poland: Solidarity and Beyond	p. 224
Hungary	p. 228
East Germany: From Communist Orthodoxy to 'Unification'	p. 231
Czechoslovakia: From 'Velvet Revolution' to 'Velvet Divorce'	p. 233
Bulgaria: The Dutiful Ally	p. 236
Romania: The Collapse of the last Stalinist Bastian	p. 239
Yugoslavia: From Tito to Turmoil and then Disintegration	p. 241
The Transition	p. 246
Further Reading	p. 249
Political and Economic Trends Since the 1960s in Western Europe	p. 252
End of Authoritarian Government in Southern Europe	p. 253
Foreign Policy Independence	p. 259
European Problems: The End of Rapid Economic Growth	p. 262
Germany: From Western Ally to European Power	p. 264
French Political Transition	p. 272
Italian Political Transition	p. 278
The Vatican	p. 286
British Political Transition	p. 288
The Conflict in Northern Ireland	p. 297
Political Transition in the Smaller Countries	p. 298
Further Reading	p. 304
Thought and Culture Since 1945	p. 309
Philosophy	p. 310
Literature	p. 314
Cinema	p. 320
Art and Architecture	p. 324
Music	p. 327
Culture and the Popular Media	p. 328
Summary	p. 329
Further Reading	p. 330
Europe Enters the Twenty-first Century	p. 332
1989 and After	p. 332
Nationalism	p. 333
Loss of European Distinctiveness	p. 334
Looking to the Future	p. 336
Index	p. 338
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Europe since 1945 A Concise History

Europe since 1945 A Concise History

9780312461164

031246116X

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