Europe in the Twentieth Century

by PAXTON

• ISBN13: 9780155063662
• ISBN10: 0155063669
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-13
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This Fourth Edition presents a current look at the major issues, problems, and crises that have faced Europeans since 1914. EUROPE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY thoroughly addresses the central experiences of war, depression, revolution, and dictatorship, while examining Europe's social transformation and intellectual trends. This new edition is updated through the end of 2000, and includes coverage of the Balkans. It has been revised throughout to ensure readability and accuracy.

Table of Contents

1. Europe at Zenith, 1914

2. The Coming of War

3. The Marne and After, 1914-1917

4. The Impact of Total War

5. Revolution, 1917-1920

6. The Paris Peace Settlement

7. Revolution Against Revolution: Fascism

8. "Normalcy": Europe in the 1920s

9. Mass Culture and High Culture Between the Wars

10. The Depression and Its Effects, 1929-1936

11. The Authoritarian 1930s and the Spread of Fascism

12. The Popular Front Era, 1934-1939

13. The Paris Peace Settlement Dismantled: Aggression and Appeasement, 1933-1939

14. Hitler's Europe: Conquest, Collaboration, and Resistance, 1939-1942

15. From Hot War to Cold War, 1942-1949

16. Ruin and Reconstruction, 1945-1953

17. The Soviet Bloc from Stalin to Khrushchev

18. Europe in the Cold War: Between the Superpowers, 1947-1961

19. The "New Europe": Consumer Societies and Mass Culture in the West, 1953-1973

20. Cold War Détente: Stirrings of Independence, 1962-1975

21. The Soviet Bloc in the Brezhnev Era

22. Western Europe, 1973-1989: Postindustrial Society and "Stagflation"

23. The Revolution of 1989 and After Epilogue Europe in 2001