{"product_id":"postwar-isbn-9780143037750","title":"Postwar","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize • \u003cb\u003eWinner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/b\u003e\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 read, thrilling in its scope and delightful in its small details, \u003ci\u003ePostwar\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare joy.Preface \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“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\u003cb\u003eTony Judt \u003c\/b\u003ewas the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies at New York University, as well as the founder and director of the Remarque Institute, dedicated to creating an ongoing conversation between Europe and the United States. He was educated at King’s College, Cambridge, and the École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and also taught at Cambridge, Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor Judt was a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and many journals across Europe and the United States. He is the author or editor of fifteen books, including \u003ci\u003eThinking the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Chalet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIll Fares the Land\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePostwar: A History of Europe Since 1945\u003c\/i\u003e, which was one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e’s Ten Best Books of 2005, the winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He died in August 2010 at the age of sixty-two.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303958630629,"sku":"NP9780143037750","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143037750.jpg?v=1767735007","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/postwar-isbn-9780143037750","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}