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Record Nr.

UNISA996209560103316

Autore

Torbiörn Kjell M

Titolo

Destination Europe [[electronic resource] ] : the political and economic growth of a continent / / Kjell M. Torbiörn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Manchester University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-84779-580-3

1-5261-3731-3

1-78170-048-6

1-280-73452-3

9786610734528

1-84779-083-6

1-4237-0655-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 316 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

940.55

Soggetti

Political science

Europe Politics and government 1945-

Europe Economic conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. 1945: Europe's 'zero hour' --2. Europe's 1950's: 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.

Sommario/riassunto

Destination Europe' interprets and interrelates the major political, economic and security developments in Europe - including transatlantic relations - since the end of the Second World War up until the present time and looks ahead to how the continent may evolve politically in the future.