Twentieth-Century Europe

Unity and Division

By: P. M. H. Bell

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Paperback | 1 August 2006 | Edition Number 1

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This insightful study explores the proposition that the idea of European unity makes sense when there is more that unites Europe than divides it, and then asks when that has been true during the past hundred years. Providing the historical context necessary to fully understand the complexity surrounding the European Union beginning with the fundamental definition of what "Europe" means, the book cites specific examples of European cooperation during the past hundred years with particular attention to the last decade of the twentieth century. By emphasizing the vital dimension of historical perspective over more immediate European integration issues such as the euro and constitution, the author demonstrates that Europe's complex history is as much about the destinies and competing claims of the smaller nations as of the larger states.

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List of illustrations and maps	p. vi
Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction: What is Europe? A historical perspective	p. 1
Europe Before 1914
The land of lost content	p. 13
The diversity of Europe: contrasts and divisions	p. 33
The First World War and the Destruction of Europe, 1914-1918
The tragic mystery of 1914	p. 43
The Great War and the end of the old Europe	p. 57
The Illusion of Peace and the Europe of the -Isms, 1919-1939
Europe survives, 1919-1929	p. 79
Dangers and disasters, 1929-1939	p. 101
The Second World War, 1939-1945
The initial triumphs of Germany, 1939-1942	p. 125
The Allied victory and the division of Europe, 1942-1945	p. 137
The Great Divide: West and East, 1945-1989
Western Europe, 1945-1961	p. 149
Eastern Europe, 1945-1961	p. 169
The development of Western Europe, 1961-1989	p. 183
Eastern Europe, 1961-1989	p. 203
Europe in Our Own Time
East meets West? 1990-1999	p. 217
A new Europe? But what Europe? 2000-2004	p. 243
Conclusion	p. 265
Notes	p. 269
Further reading	p. 285
Index	p. 291
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