Europe's Troubled Peace 1945 to the Present

A veteran hockey writer takes on hockey culture and the NHL--addressing the game's most controversial issueWhether it's on-ice fist fights or head shots into the glass, hockey has become a nightly news spectacle--with players pummeling and bashing each other across the ice like drunken gladiators. And while the NHL may actually condone on-ice violence as a ticket draw, diehard hockey fan and expert Adam Proteau argues against hockey's transformation into a thuggish blood sport. In Fighting the Good Fight, Proteau sheds light on the many perspectives of those in and around the game, with interviews of current and former NHL stars, coaches, general managers, and league executives, as well as medical experts.One of the most well-known media figures on the hockey scene today, famous for his funny, feisty observations as a writer for the Toronto Star and The Hockey News and commentator on CBC radio and TV, Adam Proteau is also one of the few mainstream media voices who is vehemently anti-fighting in hockey. Not only is his book a plea to the game's gatekeepers to finally clamp down on the runaway violence that permeates the sport even at its highest level, he offers realistic suggestions on ways to finally clean the game up. Includes interviews with medical experts on head injuries and concussions, as well as with other members of the media The author not only wages an attack on the value of fighting in hockey--but also on the establishment hockey cultureCovering the most polarizing issue in hockey today, Fighting the Good Fight gives hockey fans and sports lovers everywhere a reason to stamp their feet and whistle--at a rare display of eloquence and common sense.

Tom Buchanan is Reader in Modern History Politics at Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education, where he is Director of Studies in History and Politics. He has published extensively on the relationship between Britain and the Spanish Civil War. He is currently completing a major book on China and the British Left, 1925-1976. His other research interests include the history of Amnesty International.

List of Maps	p. xi
List of Illustrations	p. xii
Acknowledgments for the Second edition	p. xiii
Acknowledgments for the First edition	p. xiv
Introduction: Europe's Troubles	p. 1
The War and its Legacy	p. 8
Conquest and Occupation	p. 8
Collaboration	p. 12
Resistance	p. 14
Liberation, 1943-1945	p. 17
Neutral Europe	p. 21
The Human and Physical Cost	p. 22
Judgment	p. 26
Conclusion	p. 29
Europe between the Powers, 1945-1953	p. 30
From Grand Alliance to Cold War, 1941-1947	p. 30
The German Question	p. 35
Marshall Aid and Economic Security	p. 40
NATO and the Defense of the West	p. 44
Culture and the Cold War	p. 47
Conclusion	p. 50
Restoration, Reconstruction, and Revolution: Europe, 1945-1950	p. 51
A New Europe?	p. 51
Politics in Western Europe	p. 53
Western Europe: Reconstruction and Welfare	p. 60
Scandinavia: Paths to Security	p. 62
Southern Europe: Dictatorship and Civil War	p. 64
The Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe	p. 67
Between East and West: Finland, Austria, and Yugoslavia	p. 72
Conclusion	p. 74
Consolidating Western Europe, 1950-1963	p. 75
Fears and Aspirations	p. 75
Towards Affluence: The Economy and Social Change	p. 78
From Korea to Berlin: The International Context	p. 82
"No Experiments": West Germany, Britain, and Italy	p. 87
France and Algeria	p. 91
Social Democratic Alternatives	p. 94
Conclusion	p. 96
Western Europe in the 1960s	p. 98
The Cultural Divide	p. 98
The New Society: Economic and Social Change	p. 103
The Limits to Reform: Italy, West Germany, and Britain	p. 106
The Enigmatic Republic: France, 1958-1968	p. 109
Revolt: Students and Workers, 1967-1969	p. 111
The Persistence of Dictatorship: Spain, Portugal, and Greece	p. 116
Conclusion	p. 118
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, from 1953 to the 1970s	p. 120
New Societies, Recurrent Crises	p. 120
Khrushchev and de-Stalinization	p. 126
The Crisis of 1956: Poland and Hungary	p. 128
The Start of the Brezhnev Era	p. 131
East European Alternatives: Romania, Yugoslavia, Albania	p. 133
From Prague Spring to Brezhnev Doctrine	p. 136
Conclusion	p. 139
Western Europe in the 1970s: Downturn and Détente	p. 140
The Era of Détente	p. 140
Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik, 1969-1974	p. 142
The New Economic Insecurity	p. 145
West European Politics	p. 148
The Rise of Terrorism, c. 1970-1981	p. 152
Intellectual and Cultural Developments	p. 154
Transitions: Spain, Portugal, and Greece	p. 156
Conclusion	p. 161
Western Europe in the 1980s: The Era of Thatcher, Mitterrand, and Kohl	p. 162
Towards the Post-Industrial Society	p. 162
Postmodern Cultures?	p. 165
The New Cold War	p. 167
Thatcher's Britain	p. 168
Mitterrand's France	p. 171
Helmut Kohl and West Germany	p. 175
Breaking the Mold? New Political Movements	p. 179
Southern Europe	p. 181
Conclusion	p. 185
European Integration: From Rome to Maastricht, 1957-1992	p. 186
Perspectives on Integration	p. 186
The Foundation of the EEC	p. 192
De Gaulle and the EEC, 1958-1969	p. 194
Stagnation, 1970-1984	p. 197
The Single European Act and "1992"	p. 199
Maastricht and After	p. 202
Conclusion	p. 204
The Fall of the Communist Regimes: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1980-1991	p. 205
öAll that is solid melts into air"	p. 205
Poland and Solidarity, 1980-1981	p. 208
Gorbachev and Soviet Reform, 1985-1990	p. 211
1989: The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe	p. 215
German Reunification, 1989-1990	p. 219
The End of the Soviet Union, 1990-1991	p. 223
Conclusion	p. 224
Europe after the Cold War	p. 226
Building Europe?	p. 226
West European Politics	p. 230
Troubled Waters: Italy and Germany	p. 233
Western Europe: The Economy and EMU	p. 235
Post-Communism: Eastern Europe and the Former USSR	p. 237
The Balkan Wars	p. 242
Conclusion	p. 246
Europe in the New Millennium	p. 248
Diversity and Union	p. 248
Memory and the "European Identity"	p. 252
The "War on Terror" and the Security of Europe	p. 256
West European Politics	p. 259
The Politics of Intolerance	p. 264
On Europe's Borders	p. 266
From Financial Crisis to European Crisis	p. 269
Conclusion	p. 273
Notes	p. 275
Guide to Further Reading	p. 292
Index	p. 301
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