The Struggle For Europe: The History of the Continent since 1945 - Hardcover

Hitchcock, Dr William I.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861972334 ISBN 13: 9781861972330

Publisher: Profile Books, 2004

Synopsis

A magnificent achievement: a one volume history of the epic changes that have remade the continent in the 57 years since the end of the Second World War. Europe's contemporary history is a remarkable success story in the wake of two catastrophic wars between 1914-1945. But it wasn't easy - 'a struggle'. The Cold War helped that success. Leadership always mattered whether from Churchill, Adenauer, Robert Schuman or Gorbachev. There are still demons - especially those of racism and deep ethnic divides. But the future is promising and we may be on the threshold of a new Golden Age for Europe.

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Review:

'Hitchcock's work has been described as the most successful analytical synthesis of recent European history now available' -- Laurie Taylor, BBC Radio Four 'Thinking Allowed', 22 January 2003

'The best possible account, in the same class as Walter Laqueur's Europe since Hitler, written a generation ago.' -- Norman Stone, Sunday Times

'This is a history Europeans should certainly read.' John Lloyd -- Financial Times, 28 December 2002

About the Author:

William I. Hitchcock was born in Fukuoka, Japan. He now teaches history and international relations at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Profile Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1861972334
• ISBN 13: 9781861972330
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528