Postwar: How Europe rebuilt and redefined itself after 1945 - Couverture souple

Judt, Tony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 009954203X ISBN 13 : 9780099542032

Editeur : Vintage, 2010

Synopsis

The definitive history of Europe’s rebirth.

From the ruins of war to the rise of the European Union, Postwar tells the sweeping story of Europe’s transformation in the 20th century. Historian Tony Judt draws on a lifetime of scholarship to chart how nations reckoned with totalitarianism, and forged a new vision of democracy and cooperation.

Combining intellectual depth with narrative power, Judt’s masterpiece offers profound lessons about memory, identity and resilience. Postwar is not only an essential work of history - it’s a guide to understanding the political and cultural foundations of modern Europe.

‘A real masterpiece’ Ian Kershaw
‘History-writing with a human face and brainpower’ Norman Davies
‘The standard reference work on European post-war history’ Misha Glenny

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Professor Tony Judt was a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, the New Republic, the New York Times and many other journals in Europe and the US. His books include Ill Fares the Land, Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century, and Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, which was one of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of 2005, the winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He died in August, 2010 at the age of 62.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER AWARD A magisterial and acclaimed history of post-war Europe, from Germany to Poland, from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, selected as one of New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year Europe in 1945 was drained.

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

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. Today, the Soviet Union is no more and the democracies of the European Union reach as far as the borders of Russia itself. Postwar tells the rich and complex story of how we got from there to here. Running right up to the Iraq war and the election of Benedict XVI, Postwar makes sense of Europe's recent history and identity, of what Europe is and has been. It is nothing less than a masterpiece. It is shortlisted for the Pulitzer and Samuel Johnson Prizes. It is the winner of the Arthur Ross Book Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 009954203X
• ISBN 13: 9780099542032
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 960
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