Cold War Europe : the politics of a contested continent / Mark Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Mark, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Politics and government--1945-.

Europe.

Politics and government.

Cold War.

Physical Description:

xii, 323 pages : map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015].

Summary:

This compelling history of Europe's Cold War follows the dramatic are of the conflict that defined world politics in the second half of the twentieth century. Focusing on European actors and events, Mark Gilbert emphasizes the central role the conflict played in the postwar development of the continent. Rather than simply a strategic standoff between the superpowers, Gilbert argues, the Cold War was a social and ideological conflict that transformed Europe from Lisbon to Riga. Fast-paced and readable, this political, intellectual, and social history illuminates a conflict that continues to resonate today. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

From war to Cold War

Stalinization

Creating the west

1956: communism in turmoil

The Berlin crisis

Really existing socialism

The reluctant ally

Détente and solidarity

Reluctant allies

1989: the year of revolutions

Unifications and dissolutions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442219847

144221984X

9781442219854

1442219858

OCLC:

883647128