Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
by Tony Judt · Tony Judt
Judt's single-volume history of Europe from 1945 to 2005, treating western and eastern halves together across reconstruction, the Cold War, 1968, welfare states, 1989, and integration. Establishes how postwar Europe's politics and memory were built.
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