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Introduction: Europe's Troubles |
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9 | (27) |
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9 | (4) |
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13 | (3) |
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20 | (4) |
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24 | (2) |
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The Human and Physical Cost |
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26 | (5) |
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31 | (3) |
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2 Europe between the Powers, 1945-1953 |
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36 | (25) |
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From Grand Alliance to Cold War, 1941-1947 |
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36 | (6) |
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42 | (5) |
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Marshall Aid and Economic Security |
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47 | (5) |
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NATO and the Defence of the West |
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52 | (4) |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (2) |
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3 Restoration, Reconstruction and Revolution: Europe, 1945-1950 |
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61 | (30) |
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61 | (3) |
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Politics in Western Europe |
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64 | (8) |
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Western Europe: Reconstruction and Welfare |
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72 | (3) |
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Scandinavia: Paths to Security |
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75 | (2) |
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Southern Europe: Dictatorship and Civil War |
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77 | (3) |
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The Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe |
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80 | (6) |
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Between East and West: Finland, Austria and Yugoslavia |
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86 | (3) |
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89 | (2) |
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4 Consolidating Western Europe, 1950-1963 |
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91 | (27) |
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91 | (4) |
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Towards Affluence: The Economy and Social Change |
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95 | (5) |
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From Korea to Berlin: The International Context |
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100 | (3) |
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'No Experiments': West Germany, Britain and Italy |
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103 | (7) |
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110 | (4) |
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Social Democratic Alternatives |
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114 | (3) |
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117 | (1) |
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5 Western Europe in the 1960's |
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118 | (26) |
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118 | (6) |
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The New Society: Economic and Social Change |
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124 | (4) |
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The Limits to Reform: Italy, West Germany and Britain |
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128 | (4) |
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The Enigmatic Republic: France, 1958-1968 |
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132 | (2) |
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Revolt: Students and Workers, 1967-1969 |
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134 | (6) |
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The Persistence of Dictatorship: Spain, Portugal and Greece |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (2) |
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6 The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, from 1953 to the 1970's |
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144 | (24) |
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New Societies, Recurrent Crises |
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144 | (7) |
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Khrushchev and de-Stalinization |
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151 | (3) |
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The Crisis of 1956: Poland and Hungary |
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154 | (4) |
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The Start of the Brezhnev Era |
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158 | (2) |
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East European Alternatives: Romania, Yugoslavia, Albania |
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160 | (3) |
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From Prague Spring to Brezhnev Doctrine |
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163 | (4) |
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167 | (1) |
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7 Western Europe in the 1970's: Downturn and Detente |
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168 | (27) |
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168 | (3) |
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Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik, 1969-1974 |
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171 | (3) |
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The New Economic Insecurity |
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174 | (3) |
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177 | (6) |
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The Rise of Terrorism, c.1970-1981 |
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183 | (2) |
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Intellectual and Cultural Developments |
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185 | (2) |
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Transitions: Spain, Portugal and Greece |
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187 | (6) |
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193 | (2) |
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8 Western Europe in the 1980's: The Era of Thatcher, Mitterrand and Kohl |
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195 | (29) |
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Towards the Post-Industrial Society |
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195 | (3) |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (3) |
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206 | (5) |
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Helmut Kohl and West Germany |
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211 | (4) |
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Breaking the Mould? New Political Movements |
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215 | (3) |
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218 | (4) |
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222 | (2) |
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9 European Integration: From Rome to Maastricht, 1957-1992 |
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224 | (23) |
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Perspectives on Integration |
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224 | (6) |
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The Foundation of the EEC |
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230 | (4) |
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De Gaulle and the EEC, 1958-1969 |
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234 | (3) |
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237 | (2) |
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The Single European Act and '1992' |
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239 | (3) |
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242 | (3) |
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10 The Fall of the Communist Regimes: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1980-1991 |
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247 | (26) |
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'All that is solid melts into air' |
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247 | (4) |
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Poland and Solidarity, 1980-1981 |
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251 | (4) |
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Gorbachev and Soviet Reform, 1985-1990 |
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255 | (4) |
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1989: The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe |
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259 | (5) |
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German Reunification, 1989-1990 |
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264 | (5) |
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The End of the Soviet Union, 1990-1991 |
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269 | (2) |
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271 | (2) |
11 Europe after the Cold War |
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273 | (26) |
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273 | (5) |
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278 | (3) |
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Troubled Waters: Italy and Germany |
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281 | (3) |
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Western Europe: The Economy and EMU |
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284 | (3) |
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Post-Communism: Eastern Europe and the Former USSR |
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287 | (5) |
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292 | (5) |
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297 | (2) |
12 Conclusion |
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