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100 1 _aKershaw, Ian,
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240 1 0 _aRoller-coaster.
245 1 4 _aThe Global Age :
_bEurope, 1950-2017 /
_cIan Kershaw.
264 1 _a[New York] :
_bViking,
_c[2018]
300 _axxx, 669 pages, 32 numbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (chiefly color), maps ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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490 0 _aThe Penguin history of Europe ;
_v9
500 _a"First published in Great Britain as Roller-Coaster: Europe, 1950-2017 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK."--Title page verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 563-587) and index.
520 _a"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, living under the nuclear threat in a period intermittently fraught with anxiety. There were, by most definitions, striking successes: the Soviet bloc melted away, dictatorships vanished, and Germany was successfully reunited. But accelerating globalization brought new fragilities. The interlocking crises after 2008 were the clearest warnings to Europeans that there was no guarantee of peace and stability, and, even today, the continent threatens further fracturing"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aCold War.
650 4 _aGuerra fría
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651 0 _aEurope
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 4 _aEuropa
_xHistoria
_ySiglo XX
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651 0 _aEurope
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651 4 _aEuropa
_xHistoria
_ySiglo XXI
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776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aKershaw, Ian,
_tThe global age
_dNew York : Viking, 2018
_z9780735223998
_w(DLC) 2019023177
830 0 _aPenguin history of Europe
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