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Europe since 1945

A Concise History

  • Comprehensive and accessible
    Broadranging geographically, and in terms of topics
    Concise

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. A Bipolar World

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 1-26
  3. The Cold War and the Sovietization of Eastern Europe

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 27-44
  4. From Left to Right: European Politics, 1945–1948

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 45-64
  5. Economic Recovery in Western Europe

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 65-81
  6. Western European Politics, 1948–1960s

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 82-100
  7. The End of European Empire

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 101-121
  8. European Unity

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 140-158
  9. Postwar European Society: The Managed

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 159-183
  10. Postwar European Society: The Managers

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 184-204
  11. Economics and Society in the Communist World, 1945–1990

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 205-227
  12. 1968: Year of Crisis

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 228-243
  13. Western European Political and Economic Trends Since the 1960s

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 277-324
  14. Thought and Culture Since 1945

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 325-347
  15. Toward the Twenty-first Century

    • J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech
    Pages 348-355
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 357-371

About this book

This highly successful book takes account of recent events, including very full coverage of the major consequences stemming from the break-up of the Soviet empire. Both a chronological and a thematic analysis of European history, offering a remarkable array of information, Europe since 1945 continues to be immensely useful to all those studying the period.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Notre Dame, USA

    J. Robert Wegs

  • Keele University, UK

    Robert Ladrech

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Europe since 1945

  • Book Subtitle: A Concise History

  • Authors: J. Robert Wegs, Robert Ladrech

  • Editors: Katherine Kurzman, Patricia Mansfield Phelan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14052-7

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996

  • Edition Number: 4

  • Number of Pages: XII, 371

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: European History, Modern History