Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (Judt Tony)(Paperback)

Postwar - A History of Europe Since 1945 (Judt Tony)(Paperback / softback)

Europe in 1945 was prostrate. Much of the continent was devastated by war, mass slaughter, bombing and chaos. Large areas of Eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control, exchanging one despotism for another. This title tells the rich and complex story of how we got from there to here

Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (Judt Tony)(Paperback)

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award - One of the New York Times' Ten Best Books of the Year Remarkable . . . The writing is vivid; the coverage-of little countries as well as of great ones-is virtually superhuman; and above all, the

A Grand Illusion?: An Essay on Europe (Judt Tony)(Paperback)

Tony Judt considers the question: How likely is a united Europe? 'I am enthusiastically European; no informed person could seriously wish to return to the embattled, mutually antagonistic circle of suspicious and introverted nations that was the European continent in the quite recent past. But it

Europe Since Napoleon (Thomson David)(Paperback / softback)

A history of Europe since Napoleon, covering the main topics of that

International Relations Since 1945 (W. Young John)(Paperback)

International Relations since 1945 is the most student-friendly guide to the history of international relations. In it, Young and Kent provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction to key developments in international relations across the world. Now in its third edition, the text has been

When the Facts Change - Essays 1995 - 2010 (Judt Tony)(Paperback / softback)

The author's first collection of essays, Reappraisals, was centred on twentieth-century Europe in history and memory. In this book, his widow and fellow historian, gathers together important essays from the span of his career that chronicle both the evolution of his thought and the consistency of

An Economic History of Europe Since 1700 (Zamagni Vera)(Paperback)

An economic history of modern Europe, suitable for course use, which sets European events within the wider context of world economic progress and alongside developments in Asia, Eastern Europe and the United

Beautiful Data: A History of Vision and Reason since 1945 (Halpern Orit)(Paperback)

Beautiful Data is both a history of big data and interactivity, and a sophisticated meditation on ideas about vision and cognition in the second half of the twentieth century. Contending that our forms of attention, observation, and truth are contingent and contested, Orit Halpern historicizes the

The World Since 1945: An International History (Bell P. M. H.)(Paperback)

Poválečná Evropa - Tony Judt

V roce 1945 byla Evropa na kolenou. Značnou část evropských zemí těžce postihlo válečné ničení, masové vraždění, letecké bombardování a rozvrat. Prakticky celá východní polovina kontinentu upadla pod sovětskou nadvládu, takže jednu totalitu tam nahradila druhá. Dnes už

Performance Art in Eastern Europe Since 1960 (Bryzgel Amy)(Paperback)

This is the first comprehensive academic study of the history of performance art in Eastern Europe. It is a comparative study that covers twenty-one countries across the region, highlighting the unique contribution of these artists to the genre of performance

Transatlantic Relations Since 1945: An Introduction (Hanhimaki Jussi)(Paperback)

Transatlantic Relations Since 1945 offers a comprehensive account of transatlantic relations in the second half of the 20th century (extending to the present-day). The transatlantic relationship has been the bedrock of international relations since the end of World War II. This new textbook will

Past Imperfect: French Intellectuals, 1944-1956 (Judt Tony)(Paperback)

British Foreign Policy Since 1945 (Garnett Mark)(Paperback)

British Foreign Policy since 1945 brings a chronological approach to the study of British foreign policy since the Second World War in order to make the principal events and dynamics accessible within a broader historical and cultural context. The key features included in this book: a detailed

A History of Modern Europe (Lindemann Albert S.)(Paperback)

A History of Modern Europe surveys European history from thedefeat of Napoleon to the twenty-first century, presenting majorhistorical themes in an authoritative and compellingnarrative. Concise, readable single volume covering Europe from the earlynineteenth century through the early twenty-first

The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre Since 1945 (Listengarten Julia)(Paperback)

The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945 provides an overview and analysis of developments in the organization and practices of American theatre. It examines key demographic and geographical shifts American theatre after 1945 experienced in spectatorship, and addresses the economic,

X-Planes of Europe II: Military Prototype Aircraft from the Golden Age 1945-1974 (Butler Tony)(Pevná vazba)

Fascism in Europe, 1919-1945 (Morgan Philip)(Paperback)

Fascism in Europe, 1919-1945 surveys the phenomenon which is still the object of interest and debate over fifty years after its defeat in the Second World War. It introduces the recent scholarship and continuing debates on the nature of fascism as well as the often contentious contributions by

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1941-1945: Invicta--The Undefeated (Bamford Joe)(Paperback)

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1941-1945 covers the station's history during the period that the RAF was on the offensive against the Luftwaffe. Having been badly damaged during the Battle of Britain and the only airfield to have been put out of action, Manston rose from the ashes to become a

Unsettling of Europe - The Great Migration, 1945 to the Present (Gatrell Peter)(Paperback / softback)

HAWKER TYPHOON (TONY BUTLER)(Paperback)

Although first designed as a fighter, during the fighting in and over Europe during 1944 and 1945 the Hawker Typhoon gained a tremendous reputation and true fame as a ground-attack aircraft and tank-buster. This was a remarkable achievement because, during its development and early career, the

Shortest History of Europe (Hirst John)(Paperback / softback)

Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II (Rothschild Joseph)(Paperback)

Highly acclaimed and thoroughly updated, Return to Diversity, Fourth Edition, provides a comprehensive political history of East Central Europe from World War II to the present. An engaging and straightforward political narrative, the book is organized chronologically in a country-by-country

Diary of a Foreigner in Paris (Malaparte Curzio)(Paperback)

Experience postwar Europe through the diary of a fascinating and witty twentieth-century writer and artist. Recording his travels in France and Switzerland, Curzio Malaparte encounters famous figures such as Cocteau and Camus and captures the fraught, restless spirit of Paris after the trauma of