Europe in Our Time

"An encyclopedic amount of information is analyzed with considerable wisdom and a felicitous style."--Simon Serfaty, Johns Hopkins Univ. Laqueur presents a fascinating overview of post-war Europe, providing detailed analyses that cover every major political development, economic and social trends, and cultural movements since 1945. "An excellent work destined to become a standard text for the 90s."-- Library Journal.

Preface

v

PART ONE: POSTWAR

Europe Divided

3

(9)

The New Balance of Power: The European Vacuum

12

(10)

The Heritage of Fascism: The Purge of Collaborators

22

(8)

From War to Peace

30

(58)

Britain: Labour in Power

31

(8)

France Liberated

39

(6)

Italy Divided

45

(6)

The Smaller Countries

51

(4)

Stalin's Last Years

55

(12)

The Sovietization of Eastern Europe

67

(9)

German Twilight

76

(12)

The Breakdown of the Wartime Alliance

88

(17)

The Origins of the Cold War

105

(11)

Toward European Cooperation

116

(10)

Christian Democracy and Democratic Socialism

126

(18)

The Rise of European Communism

144

(5)

Russia After Stalin

149

(18)

PART TWO: ECONOMIC MIRACLE

The Economic State of Europe in 1945

167

(15)

The Recovery of European Industry

182

(6)

The Surge of European Agriculture

188

(4)

The Transport Revolution

192

(4)

The Expansion of European Trade

196

(4)

France: Modernization and Its Discontents

200

(5)

The German Wirtschaftswunder

205

(3)

Italy: From Uncertain Beginnings to Stormy Growth

208

(4)

Britain: Stop-Go

212

(4)

Economic Development in the Rest of Europe

216

(4)

The Soviet Economy

220

(7)

The Industrialization of Eastern Europe

227

(4)

The Welfare State Emerges

231

(9)

Health and Housing

240

(6)

Prosperity and the New Consumerism

246

(3)

Leisure for All

249

(4)

The New Social Structures

253

(5)

Trade Unions: Power and Weakness

258

(3)

The New Managerial Class

261

(6)

PART THREE: EUROPEAN CULTURE: THE POSTWAR SCENE

Postwar Blues

267

(26)

PART FOUR: CONSOLIDATION 1955-72

The Two Blocs

293

(5)

False Dawn at Geneva

298

(3)

Rebellion in Eastern Europe

301

(8)

West-East Negotiations 1956-61

309

(7)

The Berlin Crisis

316

(7)

La France Seule

323

(5)

European Cooperation: New Initiatives

328

(5)

The Cuban Crisis

333

(5)

Polycentrism in Eastern Europe

338

(7)

1968: The Year of the Students' Revolt

345

(9)

The Invasion of Czechoslovakia

354

(8)

Britain: From Churchill to Heath

362

(8)

France: The Coming of the Fifth Republic

370

(5)

Germany: Adenauer and After

375

(6)

Italy: Opening to the Left

381

(4)

Spain: The End of the Franco Era

385

(3)

Benelux and Scandinavia

388

(5)

Austria and Switzerland

393

(2)

Greece

395

(2)

The Soviet Union: Khrushchev and His Successors

397

(7)

Eastern Europe: Between Conformity and Independence

404

(11)

PART FIVE: THE END OF THE POSTWAR ERA: WESTERN EUROPE

The European Economy 1970-90

415

(20)

Social Forces: Old and New

435

(14)

Ecology and the Greens

435

(6)

Separatism and the National Minorities

441

(3)

Guest Workers and New Immigrants

444

(2)

Terrorism

446

(3)

Germany: From the Great Coalition to Reunification

449

(12)

Holland and Belgium

461

(4)

Britain: The Thatcherite Revolution

465

(9)

France Since de Gaulle

474

(14)

Italy: Domestic Crisis and Recovery

488

(5)

Spain After Franco

493

(6)

Scandinavia: Between National Concerns and European Cooperation

499

(8)

PART SIX: THE END OF THE POSTWAR ERA: THE SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE

The Soviet Union Under Brezhnev and Gorbachev: Decline and Reform

507

(22)

Stagnation in Eastern Europe

529

(21)

The East European Revolution

550

(21)

Epilogue

567

(4)

Bibliography

571

(16)

Index

587

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