Author

Publication

2006-09-05 - Penguin

Language

English

Word Count

240,000 words, Guess

Page Count

960 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780143037750
  • ISBN-100143037757
  • Goodreads29658
  • OCLC Control Number71333824
  • Better World Books9780143037750
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCDA1058
  • LCCD1051 .J84 2006
  • DDC940.55

Description

The first truly European history of contemporary Europe, from Lisbon to Leningrad, based on research in six languages, covering 34 countries across 60 years, using a great deal of material from newly available sources. The book integrates international relations, domestic politics, ideas, social change, economic development, and culture--high and low--into a single grand narrative. Every country has its chance to play the lead, and although the big themes are handled--including the cold war, the love/hate relationship with America, cultural and economic malaise and rebirth, and the myth and reality of unification--none of them is allowed to overshadow the rich pageant that is the whole.--From publisher description.

First Sentence

I first decided to write this book while changing trains at the Westbahnhof, Vienna's main railway terminus.

Subjects

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