Alan S. Milward and a Century of European Change

Alan Steele Milward#xE2;#xAC;"s work on 19th- and 20th-century history remains at the forefront of numerous contemporary debates. It covers many disciplines: economic, political, and diplomatic history; political science; economics; international relations; and European Studies in general. Professor Milward is well known not only in the United States and Europe but also in Japan and China. Indeed, his influence extends beyond the academic world, referenced by European governments in creation of national policy. Quite apart from simply acknowledging Professor Milward#xE2;#xAC;"s pioneering contribution to contemporary British and European history, however, Alan S. Milward and a Century of European Changeserves instead as an introduction to his work, to present and future generations of students, scholars, and policy makers. This book provides a solid historiographical overview of the impact of Milward#xE2;#xAC;"s works, written by senior scholars. The themes of the essays reflect Professor Milward#xE2;#xAC;"s main areas of interest in his life-long program of historical research: the role of the modern European nation-state in the social, economic and political development of Europe since the 19thcentury; the overall social and economic impact of the two world wars; the reconstruction of Western Europe; the rationale behind the Marshall Plan and its long-term consequences; and the multidisciplinary study of the process of the political and economic integration of Europe in a long-term perspective.