Postwar Europe
A Very Short Introduction
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9780198851660
Publication date:
31/10/2025
Paperback
224 pages
174x111mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198851660
Publication date:
31/10/2025
Paperback
224 pages
Part of Very Short Introductions
Richard Bessel
- Concise and accessible writing style exploring the conditions of postwar Europe
- Presents the complicated themes of postwar Europe without using overcomplicated approaches
- Up-to-date account of a subject that is central to understanding how the structures and experiences of today's Europe came to be
- Part of the Very Short Introductions series - over ten million copies sold worldwide
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Richard Bessel
Description
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The Second World War was the most destructive conflict in history. It left Europe in ruins, its economies severely damaged and millions of its people facing malnutrition, its political systems shaken if not destroyed. Yet three decades later its economies had recovered; it largely appeared politically stable; its inhabitants generally were well housed and well fed. Then at the end of the 1980s, the postwar settlement disintegrated, and a new chapter in Europe's postwar history had begun.
In this Very Short introduction, Richard Bessel presents a clear, concise, informative account of Europe's history between the end of the Second World War and roughly the end of the twentieth century. He explores the conditions in Europe at the end of the war, how political life took shape and societies were rebuilt, the impressive economic recovery, the Cold War division, the end of empire, and European cultural life. Bessel discusses how we might understand the beginnings and endings of the postwar era, and emphasises the importance of the experiences and actions of specific generations of Europeans.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Richard Bessel is Emeritus Professor of History at York. He is the author of numerous books including Life in the Third Reich (2001) and Germany after the First World War (1993). Alongside Claudia B. Haake, Bessel co-edited Removing Peoples: Forced Removal in the Modern World (2011).
Richard Bessel
Table of contents
The End of the Second World War in Europe
Life after Death: Societies of Survivors
New Politics - East and West
Building New Societies
From Scarcity to Plenty
The Cold War, Nationalism and the Transformation of European Politics
Postwar Europe and the 'Third World'
Postwar Cultures
When Did the Postwar Era End?
Richard Bessel
Description
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The Second World War was the most destructive conflict in history. It left Europe in ruins, its economies severely damaged and millions of its people facing malnutrition, its political systems shaken if not destroyed. Yet three decades later its economies had recovered; it largely appeared politically stable; its inhabitants generally were well housed and well fed. Then at the end of the 1980s, the postwar settlement disintegrated, and a new chapter in Europe's postwar history had begun.
In this Very Short introduction, Richard Bessel presents a clear, concise, informative account of Europe's history between the end of the Second World War and roughly the end of the twentieth century. He explores the conditions in Europe at the end of the war, how political life took shape and societies were rebuilt, the impressive economic recovery, the Cold War division, the end of empire, and European cultural life. Bessel discusses how we might understand the beginnings and endings of the postwar era, and emphasises the importance of the experiences and actions of specific generations of Europeans.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Richard Bessel is Emeritus Professor of History at York. He is the author of numerous books including Life in the Third Reich (2001) and Germany after the First World War (1993). Alongside Claudia B. Haake, Bessel co-edited Removing Peoples: Forced Removal in the Modern World (2011).
Table of contents
The End of the Second World War in Europe
Life after Death: Societies of Survivors
New Politics - East and West
Building New Societies
From Scarcity to Plenty
The Cold War, Nationalism and the Transformation of European Politics
Postwar Europe and the 'Third World'
Postwar Cultures
When Did the Postwar Era End?
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