Europe contested from the kaiser to Brexit / Harold James.

Author/creator James, Harold, 1956-
Format Electronic
EditionSecond edition.
Publication InfoLondon ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Description1 online resource
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Uniform titleEurope reborn
Contents The twentieth century in an iron cage : modernization and rationalization modernization -- War and peace : Lenin and Wilson -- The 1920s : precarious democracy -- Europe and the world of the depression -- Peace and war : the failure of the international order in the 1930s -- The Second World War -- The reconstruction of Europe, Western style : making the 1950s -- Yalta and communism : the reconstruction of Europe, Eastern style, from the 1940s to the 1970s -- A golden age : the 1960s -- The limits to growthmanship : the 1970s -- Right step : the 1980s -- Malta and communism : 1989 and the restoration of Europe -- The return to Europe : the new politics and the end of the Cold War -- Europe in a new world order.
Abstract "Europe Contested analyses the failures and achievements of an astonishing era of economic advance and political chaos, from the First World War up to the present day. This new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, demonstrating also how an era of crisis is challenging Europe and its values. Supported by boxed case studies, illustrations, chronologies and an annotated bibliography, and focusing on the Europe as a whole, it is the perfect introduction for students of Modern European History"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteRevised edition of: Europe reborn : a history, 1914-2000.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: James, Harold, 1956- Europe contested Second edition. London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. 9781138303065
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019022923
ISBN9780429340680 (ebook)
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