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    Postwar

    A History of Europe Since 1945

    Author Tony Judt
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    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    On sale Sep 05, 2006 | 960 Pages | 9781440624766
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    Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

    “Impressive . . . Mr. Judt writes with enormous authority.” —The Wall Street Journal

    “Magisterial . . . It is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and yes, readable postwar history.” —The Boston Globe

    Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world's most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through thirty-four nations and sixty years of political and cultural change-all in one integrated, enthralling narrative. Both intellectually ambitious and compelling to read, thrilling in its scope and delightful in its small details, Postwar is a rare joy.
    Preface & Acknowledgements
    Introduction

    Part One: Post-War: 1945-1953

    I. The Legacy of War
    II. Retribution
    III. The Rehabilitation of Europe
    IV. The Impossible Settlement
    V. The Coming of the Cold War
    VI. Into the Whirlwind
    VII. Culture Wars
    Coda. The End of Old Europe

    Part Two: Prosperity and Its Discontents: 1953-1971

    VIII. The Politics of Stability
    IX. Lost Illusions
    X. The Age of Affluence
    XI. The Social Democratic Hour
    XII. The Spectre of Revolution
    XIII. The End of the Affair

    Part Three: Recessional: 1971-1989

    XIV. Diminished Expectations
    XV. Politics in a New Key
    XVI. A Time of Transition
    XVII. The New Realism
    XVIII. The Power of the Powerless
    XIX. The End of the Old Order

    Part Four: After the Fall: 1989-2005

    XX. A Fissile Continent
    XXI. The Reckoning
    XXII. The Old Europe—:and the New
    XXIII. The Varieties of Europe
    XXIV. Europe as a Way of Life

    Epilogue
    From the House of the Dead: An Essay on Modern European Memory

    Index

    © John R. Rifkin

    Tony Judt (1948-2010) was educated at King’s College, Cambridge, and l’École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and taught at Cambridge, Oxford, and Berkeley. He was the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies at New University and the director of the Remarque Institute, which he founded in 1995. Among other books, Judt was the author of Thinking the Twentieth Century, The Memory Chalet, When the Facts Change (edited by Jennifer Homans), Reappraisals, and Postwar, which was one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2005 and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

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    ...brilliantly detailed account of Europe's recovery from the wreckage of World War II presents a whole continent in panorama. (The New York Times Book Review)

    Remarkable... The writing is vivid; the coverage-of little countries as well as of great ones-is virtually superhuman. (Louis Menand, The New Yorker)

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    Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

    “Impressive . . . Mr. Judt writes with enormous authority.” —The Wall Street Journal

    “Magisterial . . . It is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and yes, readable postwar history.” —The Boston Globe

    Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world's most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through thirty-four nations and sixty years of political and cultural change-all in one integrated, enthralling narrative. Both intellectually ambitious and compelling to read, thrilling in its scope and delightful in its small details, Postwar is a rare joy.

    Table of Contents

    Preface & Acknowledgements
    Introduction

    Part One: Post-War: 1945-1953

    I. The Legacy of War
    II. Retribution
    III. The Rehabilitation of Europe
    IV. The Impossible Settlement
    V. The Coming of the Cold War
    VI. Into the Whirlwind
    VII. Culture Wars
    Coda. The End of Old Europe

    Part Two: Prosperity and Its Discontents: 1953-1971

    VIII. The Politics of Stability
    IX. Lost Illusions
    X. The Age of Affluence
    XI. The Social Democratic Hour
    XII. The Spectre of Revolution
    XIII. The End of the Affair

    Part Three: Recessional: 1971-1989

    XIV. Diminished Expectations
    XV. Politics in a New Key
    XVI. A Time of Transition
    XVII. The New Realism
    XVIII. The Power of the Powerless
    XIX. The End of the Old Order

    Part Four: After the Fall: 1989-2005

    XX. A Fissile Continent
    XXI. The Reckoning
    XXII. The Old Europe—:and the New
    XXIII. The Varieties of Europe
    XXIV. Europe as a Way of Life

    Epilogue
    From the House of the Dead: An Essay on Modern European Memory

    Index

    Author

    © John R. Rifkin

    Tony Judt (1948-2010) was educated at King’s College, Cambridge, and l’École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and taught at Cambridge, Oxford, and Berkeley. He was the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies at New University and the director of the Remarque Institute, which he founded in 1995. Among other books, Judt was the author of Thinking the Twentieth Century, The Memory Chalet, When the Facts Change (edited by Jennifer Homans), Reappraisals, and Postwar, which was one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2005 and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

    View titles by Tony Judt

    Praise

    ...brilliantly detailed account of Europe's recovery from the wreckage of World War II presents a whole continent in panorama. (The New York Times Book Review)

    Remarkable... The writing is vivid; the coverage-of little countries as well as of great ones-is virtually superhuman. (Louis Menand, The New Yorker)

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      Postwar
      A History of Europe Since 1945
      Tony Judt
      9780143037750
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      Penguin Books
      Sep 05, 2006
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      Postwar
      A History of Europe Since 1945
      Tony Judt
      9780143037750
      $25.00 US
      Paperback
      Penguin Books
      Sep 05, 2006

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