Out of ashes : a new history of Europe in the twentieth century / Konrad H. Jarausch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarausch, Konrad H. (Konrad Hugo), 1941- Author.

Contributor:

Jarausch, Konrad H. (Konrad Hugo), 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Social change.

Politics and government.

Social change--Europe--History--20th century.

Europe.

Europe--Social conditions--20th century.

Europe--Politics and government--20th century.

Europe--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (887 p.)

Edition:

Paperback edition with a new preface.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A sweeping history of twentieth-century Europe, Out of Ashes tells the story of an era of unparalleled violence and barbarity yet also of humanity, prosperity, and promise.Konrad Jarausch describes how the European nations emerged from the nineteenth century with high hopes for continued material progress and proud of their imperial command over the globe, only to become embroiled in the bloodshed of World War I, which brought an end to their optimism and gave rise to competing democratic, communist, and fascist ideologies. He shows how the 1920s witnessed renewed hope and a flourishing of modernist art and literature, but how the decade ended in economic collapse and gave rise to a second, more devastating world war and genocide on an unprecedented scale. Jarausch further explores how Western Europe surprisingly recovered due to American help and political integration. Finally, he examines how the Cold War pushed the divided continent to the brink of nuclear annihilation, and how the unforeseen triumph of liberal capitalism came to be threatened by Islamic fundamentalism, global economic crisis, and an uncertain future.A gripping narrative, Out of Ashes explores the paradox of the European encounter with modernity in the twentieth century, shedding new light on why it led to cataclysm, inhumanity, and self-destruction, but also social justice, democracy, and peace.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Preface

Introduction: The European Paradox

PART I: PROMISE OF PROGRESS, 1900−1929

1. Global Domination

2. Breakdown of Peace

3. Waging Total War

4. Bolshevik Revolution

5. Democratic Hopes

6. Fascist Alternative

7. Modernist Provocations

PART II: TURN TO SELF- DESTRUCTION, 1929−45

8. Devastating Depression

9. Stalinist Modernization

10. Hitler's Volksgemeinschaft

11. Unleashing World War II

12. Axis Conquest

13. Nazi Holocaust

14. Bitter Victory

PART III: SURPRISING RECOVERY, 1945−73

15. Democratic Renewal

16. Dictating Communism

17. Cold War Crises

18. Disappointing Decolonization

19. Economic Integration

20. Pop and Prosperity

21. Planning Social Reform

PART IV: CONFRONTING GLOBALIZATION, 1973−2000

22. Revolt against Modernity

23. Postindustrial Transition

24. Return to Détente

25. Peaceful Revolution

26. Transforming the East

27. Global Challenges

28. Prospects for the Twenty- first Century

Postscript: A Chastened Modernity

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2015.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

9781400883479

1400883474

OCLC:

962030608