Destination Europe : the political and economic growth of a continent / Kjell M. Torbiörn.
Material type: TextPublisher: Manchester ; Manchester University Press ; [2003]Distributor: New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (x, 316 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 1423706552
- 9781423706557
- 9781847790835
- 1847790836
- European Union
- Europe -- Politics and government -- 1945-
- Europe -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
- Humanities
- History
- Regional and national history
- European history
- HISTORY
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory
- European Union
- Economic history
- Politics and government
- Europe
- Since 1945
- Europe
- Transatlantic
- NATO
- 940.55 22
- JN12 .T58 2003eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-302) and index.
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This study interprets and interrelates the major political economic and security developments in Europe - including transatlantic relations - from the end of World War II up until the present time, and looks ahead to how the continent may evolve politically in the future.
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 1945: Europe's 'zero hour'; 2 Europe's 1950s: reconstruction and reconciliation; confrontation and oppression; 3 1960-75: the new Europe takes shape; 4 1976-89: recovery and hubris; effervescence in the East; 5 1989-92: Yalta farewell; how new a world?; 6 Challenges in waiting; 7 The European Union's dilemma: towards a union or not?; 8 A new NATO; 9 A new European Union; 10 Where is Europe heading?; Appendix: seminal events since 1945; References; Index.
English.
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