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Tables of Contents for Rebirth
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Maps
xi
Preface
xiii
Preface to the Second Edition
xvii
PART ONE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Europe Triumphant: 1300--1900
3
25
Modernization and European History
5
1
The Medieval World
6
3
The Renaissance
9
5
The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
14
4
Modern Industrial Society
18
3
The Era of Triumphant Optimism
21
4
Notes
25
1
Suggested Readings
25
3
Europe in Crisis: 1900--1945
28
29
The Decline of Europe
29
1
The First World War
30
6
Communism, Fascism, and National Socialism
36
8
The Second World War
44
5
Europe Shattered and Destroyed
49
4
Notes
53
1
Suggested Readings
53
4
PART TWO THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE
Europe Divided: 1945--1955
57
48
The Peace Treaties
59
13
The Cold War
72
14
Consolidation of the Two Camps
86
7
The Quest for West German Rearmament
93
8
The Warsaw Pact
101
2
Notes
103
1
Suggested Readings
103
2
East-West Equilibrium: 1955--1975
105
39
The Situation in the Mid-1950s
106
5
Integration in Western Europe
111
17
The Soviet Orbit
128
8
Detente
136
6
Notes
142
1
Suggested Readings
142
2
A New Europe Emerges
144
57
Furtherance of Western Integration
145
6
The Soviet Bloc
151
7
Disarmament Negotiations
158
7
The Great Change
165
8
The End of the Cold War
173
10
The Morning After
183
14
Suggested Readings
197
4
PART THREE THE NATION-STATES
Germany: West and East
201
51
Germany Under Four-Power Control
202
11
The Federal Republic of Germany
213
15
The German Democratic Republic
228
12
The New Germany
240
10
Notes
250
1
Suggested Readings
250
2
The Soviet Union
252
51
Evolution of Soviet Policy
253
10
The Soviet Order
263
8
The Gorbachev Era
271
12
Crisis and the Collapse of the USSR
283
8
Different Roads from Socialism
291
9
Notes
300
1
Suggested Readings
300
3
Eastern Europe
303
53
Postwar Governments
305
8
The New Soviet Orbit
313
11
Different Roads to Socialism
324
14
The Revolutions of 1989 and Beyond
338
14
Suggested Readings
352
4
The United Kingdom
356
55
Political Developments
361
27
Social Services
388
3
Economic Developments
391
14
Empire and Commonwealth
405
4
Notes
409
1
Suggested Readings
409
2
France
411
59
Establishment of the Fourth Republic
415
5
Internal and External Affairs
420
9
Establishment of the Fifth Republic
429
3
Domestic and Foreign Affairs
432
13
Gaullists, Socialists, and the Contest Between Ideology and Pragmatism
445
22
Notes
467
1
Suggested Readings
468
2
Italy and the Vatican
470
44
Establishment of the Republic
474
3
Internal and External Affairs
477
23
The Vatican
500
12
Notes
512
1
Suggested Readings
513
1
The Small States of Western and Northern Europe
514
55
Austria
516
9
Switzerland
525
6
The Lowlands
531
11
Ireland
542
5
The Scandinavian States
547
13
Finland
560
5
Notes
565
1
Suggested Readings
565
4
The Iberian and Aegean States
569
46
Isolation and Reemergence: The Iberian States
570
21
Economic Progress and Political Turmoil: The Aegean States
591
17
The Small States in Perspective
608
2
Notes
610
1
Suggested Readings
610
5
PART FOUR CONCLUSION
A New Europe
615
32
Europe's Destiny
616
6
The European Crisis
622
5
Toward a New Europe
627
6
Whither Europe?
633
10
Suggested Readings
643
4
Chronology
647
38
Index
685