The Global Age: Europe 1950-2017 (The Penguin History of Europe)

by Ian Kershaw

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The final chapter in the Penguin History of Europe series from the acclaimed scholar and author of To Hell and Back

After the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the twentieth century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book as being 'to Hell and back,' the years from 1950 to 2017 brought peace and relative prosperity to most of Europe. Enormous economic improvements transformed the continent. The catastrophic era of the world wars receded into an ever more distant past, though its long shadow continued to shape mentalities.

Yet Europe was now a divided continent,...Read more
  • ISBN10 0735224005
  • ISBN13 9780735224001
  • Publish Date 28 April 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Penguin Books