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Imprint: Vintage
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Published: 03/06/2010
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ISBN: 9780099542032
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Length: 960 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 43mm x 129mm
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Weight: 696g
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RRP: £14.99
Postwar
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A History of Europe Since 1945
FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER AWARD
A magisterial and acclaimed history of post-war Europe, from Germany to Poland, from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, selected as one of New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year
Europe in 1945 was drained. Much of the continent was devastated by war, mass slaughter, bombing and chaos. Large areas of Eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control, exchanging one despotism for another. Today, the Soviet Union is no more and the democracies of the European Union reach as far as the borders of Russia itself. Postwar tells the rich and complex story of how we got from there to here, demystifying Europe's recent history and identity, of what the continent is and has been.
‘It is hard to imagine how a better - and more readable - history of the emergence of today's Europe from the ashes of 1945 could ever be written…All in all, a real masterpiece’ Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler
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Imprint: Vintage
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Published: 03/06/2010
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ISBN: 9780099542032
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Length: 960 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 43mm x 129mm
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Weight: 696g
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RRP: £14.99
Reviews
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Most impressive... Postwar, Tony Judt's magnificent history of Europe after The Second World War, covers vast tracts of ground with extraordinary skill, weaving together the stories of West and East in a single, compelling narrative
Evening Standard, 'Books of the Year'
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Masterly and exhilarating... Judt has a fine eye for telling detail... This is a splendid book to which no review can do proper justice
Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Spectator
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Truly superb - a magnificent achievement. It is hard to imagine how a better - and more readable - history of the emergence of today's Europe from the ashes of 1945 could ever be written; I can't think of another work on the latter half of the 20th century that comes close to matching it... All in all, a real masterpiece
Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler
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A superb work of synthesis, analysis and reflection
Times Literary Supplement, 'Books of the Year'
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With Postwar... Judt moves up into the ranks of the grand simplificateurs. He dares to expound the sum total of Europe since 1945 in a seamless narrative... This is history-writing with a human face, as well as with brainpower... It is most unlikely that Judt's achievement will be superseded soon
Guardian
