RETURN TO NORMALCY: Concepts and Expectations for a Postwar Europe Around 1945: 1 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8763002035 ISBN 13: 9788763002035

Publisher: UNIV.PRESS SOUTHERN DENMARK, 2008

Synopsis

At the end of the Second World War in 1945, the countries of Western Europe found themselves at a crossroads. How should they react to the challenges posed by the peace, Germany's defeat and the newly won freedom? How should they deal with the emerging division of the continent, the eastern part being controlled by the Soviet Union? Would they repeat the experiences that followed 1918, relapsing into national isolationism, or would they engage themselves in new ways of transnational co-operation? Adressing these questions, Return to Normalcy or a New Beginning presents new accounts and interpretations of the immediate postwar situation in leading Western European countries and regions. The book includes contributions by Egon Bahr (Berlin), Bent Boel (University of Aalborg), Patricia Clavin (Oxford University), Morten Heiberg (University of Copenhagen), Carsten Humlebæk (Copenhagen Business School), Joachim Lund (Copenhagen Business School), Axel Schildt (Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg), Jørgen Sevaldsen (University of Copenhagen) and Per Øhrgaard (Copenhagen Business School).

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Review

Sixty years after the end of the Second World War, Per Øhrgaard and Joachim Lund organized and international symposium on the concepts and expectations for a postwar Europe in 1945. These conference proceedings with excellent contributions by political and cultural historians are an indispensable source for anybody interested in the way national and European visions were developed in the different European countries at the time. --- Dr. Paul Michael Lützeler, Rosa May Distinguished University Professor, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

This volume offers new and incisive insights into an historical process that was instrumental not only to the area in which it took place, but had a compelling impact on the wider world. As such, it is a valuable addition not only to European, but also to global historiography. --- Dr. Hirofumi Utsumi, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

About the Author

Joachim Lund (1967), MA and PhD in History. Associate Professor at International Center for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School. His research and teaching interests include modern Danish history. business history, occu-pation history, and the Second World War, and European Political Economy in the 20th cen-tury.Per Ohrgaard (1944), dr.phil., Professor of German literature at the Copenhagen University (1980-2007); Professor from 2007 at International Center for Business and Politics, Co-penhagen Business School. Per Ohrgaard is the author of numerous books and articles on German literature, culture, and history. He has translated several works of German literature, and he often comments on German affairs in the Danish media.

Edition details

• Publisher: UNIV.PRESS SOUTHERN DENMARK
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8763002035
• ISBN 13: 9788763002035
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1
• Editor: Joachim Lund, Per Ohrgaard