List of Maps. List of Illustrations. Introduction: Europe's Troubles. 1. The War and its Legacy. 2. Europe between the Powers, 1945--53. 3. Restoration, Reconstruction and Revolution: Europe 1945--50. 4. Consolidating Western Europe, 1950--1963. 5. Western Europe in the 1960s. 6. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, from 1953 to the 1970s. 7. Europe in the 1970s: Downturn and Detente. 8. Western Europe in the 1980s: The era of Thatcher, Mitterrand and Kohl. 9. European Integration: from Rome to Maastricht (1957--1992). 10. The fall of the Communist regimes: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1980--91. 11. Europe after the Cold War. 12. Conclusion. Notes. Guide to Further reading. Index.
Tom Buchanan is Reader in Modern History and Politics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Kellogg College. His previous publications include Britain and the Spanish Civil War (1997).
"This sophisticated and engaging narrative account of post-war European social and political change joins a long list of such volumes but rather stands out from the crowd as a notably well written and thought provoking piece." (European History Quarterly, April 2009) "This splendidly comprehensive, clear, balanced and fluently written textbook should be a top choice on the growing number of courses on the second half of the twentieth century. Buchanan effectively elucidates the key economic, social and cultural issues and trends. His brief summaries on the salient defining intellectual and cultural developments are downright brilliant." (Choice) "A refreshingly different take on European history. With this light and witty touch, Buchanan comes as close as anyone probably can to putting something for everyone into just about three hundred pages of European history. The themes are basic enough that Europe's Troubled Peace could conceivably be used to supplement an introductory survey, yet the details are there to intrigue upper-division students as well." (Journal of Military History) "The remarkably clear text outlines the familiar social and political changes, by way of a sharp but complex narrative of 55 dramatic years of tension and growth." (History Today) "Buchanan's work is a broad synthesis that would work well as a textbook in undergraduate and graduate courses on modern and contemporary European history. Crisply and lucidly written, it does an admirable job of incorporating the latest historiographical insights on a diverse array of countries and issues." (The International History Review) "Buchanan handles the balance between international and domestic political arenas extremely well, moving adeptly between the generalized narrative and particular countries."(History Workshop Journal)
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