Postwar a history of Europe since 1945

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: Post-war: 1945-1953 -- The legacy of war -- Retribution -- The rehabilitation of Europe -- The impossible settlement -- The coming of the cold war -- Into the whirlwind -- Culture wars -- The end of old Europe -- 2: Prosperity and its discontents: 1953-1971 -- The politics of stability -- Lost illusions -- The age of affluence -- The social democratic hour -- The spectre of revolution -- The end of the affair -- 3: Recessional: 1971-1989 -- Diminished expectations -- Politics in a new key -- A time of transition -- The new realism -- The power of the powerless -- The end of the old order -- 4: After the fall: 1989-2005 -- A fissile continent -- The reckoning -- The old Europe--and the new -- The varieties of Europe -- Europe as a way of life -- From the house of the dead: an essay on modern European memory.