Europe between Democracy and Dictatorship
1900 - 1945
Blackwell History of Europe
1. Edition August 2010
408 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
In Europe between Democracy and Dictatorship, Conan Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe's turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century. After many largely peaceful and prosperous years, the continent was plunged into two world wars and a traumatic series of national revolutionary upheavals. Fischer traces and evaluates the history of these great events in concise and accessible chapters. He also argues that parallel to Europe's desolate record of upheaval and war, more benign developments were creating the unmistakable and essentially positive foundations of contemporary European life.
Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe's turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century, from the optimism at the turn of the century to the successive waves of destruction of the First and Second World Wars.
* Written by a leading authority in this field, the book draws upon his areas of expertise
* Reflects the most recent scholarship in this period of history
* While laying stress on Europe's major powers and the seminal events of the earlier twentieth century, Fischer pays due attention to the smaller European countries from the Atlantic to the Black Sea and the Baltic to the Mediterranean
* Extends beyond the political, sociological, and economic paradigms to include extensive references to the European cultural scene
* Organized both as a broad chronology and thematically, in order to allow for historical insights and entry into the key debates and literature
Foreword.
Chapter 1. The European Paradox.
Chapter 2. The Coming of War.
Chapter 3. Fighting the War.
Chapter 4. Ending the War: Revolutions and Peacemaking.
Chapter 5. Revision and Recovery, 1919-1929.
Chapter 6. The High Noon of the Dictators.
Chapter 7. The Return to War.
Chapter 8. Europe Eclipsed.
Chapter 9. Europe: An Honourable Legacy?
