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A History of Europe Since 1945
Penguin
October 2005
896 pages
ISBN: 1594200653
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction | Historical
Tony Judt's Postwar makes one lament the overuse of the
word "groundbreaking." It is an unprecedented
accomplishment: the first truly European history of
contemporary Europe, from Lisbon to Leningrad, based on
research in six languages, covering thirty-four countries
across sixty years in a single integrated narrative, using a
great deal of material from newly available sources. Tony
Judt has drawn on forty years of reading and writing about
modern Europe to create a fully rounded, deep account of the
continent's recent past. The book integrates international
relations, domestic politics, ideas, social change, economic
development, and culture--high and low--into a single grand
narrative. Every country has its chance to play the lead,
and although the big themes are superbly handled--including
the cold war, the love/hate relationship with America,
cultural and economic malaise and rebirth, and the myth and
reality of unification--none of them is allowed to
overshadow the rich pageant that is the whole. Vividly and
clearly written for the general reader; witty, opinionated,
and full of fresh and surprising stories and asides;
visually rich and rewarding, with useful and provocative
maps, photos, and cartoons throughout, Postwar is a
movable feast for lovers of history and lovers of Europe
alike.
A magnificent history of postwar Europe,
East and West, by arguably the subject's most esteemed
historian.
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