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Goodbye to all that? : a history of Europe since 1945 /

In the decade after 1945, as the Cold War freeze set in, a new Europe slowly began to emerge from the ruins of the Second World War, based on a broad rejection of the fascist past that had so scarred the continent's recent history. In the East, this new consensus was enforced by Soviet-imposed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stone, Dan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
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  • Cover; GOODBYE TO ALL THAT?: THE STORY OF EUROPE SINCE 1945; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Figures; Maps; Abbreviations; Chronology of Political Events; Introduction: The Postwar Aberration; PART I: The Rise of the Postwar Consensus; 1: Consensus Enforced: Eastern Europe, 1944-1953; Paths not taken?; Sovietization; Stalinism as a civilization; 2: Consensus of Silence: Western Europe, 1945-1953; Liberation and its aftermath; The conservative reassertion; The unfolding of the Cold War in Europe; The shadow war; PART II: Boom to Bust.
  • 3: Golden Years? Western Europe, 1953-1975Introduction; Integration; The height of the Cold War; Decolonization; Southern Europe; 1968; The end of the boom; 4: Catching Up?: Eastern Europe, 1953-1975; De-Stalinization and its consequences; From the 'thaw' to neo-Stalinism; The Cold War after Stalin's death; Everyday life under communism; PART III: Shock Treatment; 5: Neo-Liberalism: Western Europe, 1975-1989; The crisis of social democracy; From Eurosclerosis to European Union; After détente; The turn; The culture of the turn; 6: Gerontocracy: Eastern Europe, 1975-1989.
  • CHAPTER 6CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8; CONCLUSION; Picture Acknowledgements; Index.