Europe's Postwar Periods - 1989 1945 1918

<p>This book brings together world-renowned scholars from all over Europe to analyse how successive Europes have been constructed in the wake of the key conflicts of the period: the Cold War and the two World Wars. By regressively tracing Europe's path back to these pivotal moments as part of a unique methodology <i>Europe's Postwar Periods - 1989 1945 1918</i> reveals the defining characteristics of these postwar periods and integrates the changes that followed 1989 into a more substantial historical perspective. <p/> The author team address the crucial themes in recent European history on a chapter-by-chapter basis that gives comprehensive coverage to the whole of the European region for topics such as borders states empires democracy justice markets and futures. <p/> The volume highlights the fact that Europe was made less by wars than is commonly thought and more by the nature of the settlements - international national political economic and social - that followed the two World Wars and the Cold War. It is an important innovative text for all students and scholars of 20th-century European history.</p>