{"product_id":"postwar-9780143037750","title":"Postwar","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize • \u003cb\u003eWinner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • \u003cb\u003eOne of the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' Ten Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Impressive . . . Mr. Judt writes with enormous authority.” —The Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Magisterial . . . It is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and yes, readable postwar history.” \u003ci\u003e—The Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAlmost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world's most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. \u003ci\u003ePostwar\u003c\/i\u003e is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through thirty-four nations and sixty years of political and cultural change-all in one integrated, enthralling narrative. Both intellectually ambitious and compelling to rea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Judt's massive, learned, brilliantly detailed account of Europe's recovery from the wreckage of World War II presents a whole continent in panorama even as it sets off detonations on almost every page.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Remarkable . . . The writing is vivid; the coverage-of little countries as well as of great ones-is virtually superhuman; and above all, the book is smart. Every page contains unexpected data, or a fresh observation, or a familar observation freshly turned.” —\u003cb\u003eLouis Menand, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Impressive . . . Mr. Judt writes with enormous authority.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Magisterial . . . It is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and yes, readable postwar history.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Brave and remakable.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Brilliant . . . A book that has the pace of a thriller and the scope of an encyclopedia . . . A very considerable achievement.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Not likely to be surpassed for many years. . . . This is history writing at its best.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u0026amp; Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Post-War: 1945-1953\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. The Legacy of War\u003cbr\u003eII. Retribution\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Rehabilitation of Europe\u003cbr\u003eIV. The Impossible Settlement\u003cbr\u003eV. The Coming of the Cold War\u003cbr\u003eVI. Into the Whirlwind\u003cbr\u003eVII. Culture Wars\u003cbr\u003eCoda. The End of Old Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Prosperity and Its Discontents: 1953-1971\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIII. The Politics of Stability\u003cbr\u003eIX. Lost Illusions\u003cbr\u003eX. The Age of Affluence\u003cbr\u003eXI. The Social Democratic Hour\u003cbr\u003eXII. The Spectre of Revolution\u003cbr\u003eXIII. The End of the Affair\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Recessional: 1971-1989\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIV. Diminished Expectations\u003cbr\u003eXV. Politics in a New Key\u003cbr\u003eXVI. A Time of Transition\u003cbr\u003eXVII. The New Realism\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. The Power of the Powerless\u003cbr\u003eXIX. The End of the Old Order\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: After the Fall: 1989-2005\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXX. A Fissile Continent\u003cbr\u003eXXI. The Reckoning\u003cbr\u003eXXII. The Old Europe—:and the New\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. The Varieties of Europe\u003cbr\u003eXXIV. Europe as a Way of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the House of the Dead: An Essay on Modern European Memory\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Putnam Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399860920663,"sku":"9780143037750","price":19.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780143037750.jpg?v=1730468947","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/postwar-9780143037750","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}