Europe in the twentieth century

Synopsis

1. Europe at Zenith, 1914. 2. The Coming of War. 3. The Marne and After, 1914-1917. 4. The Impact of Total War. 5. Revolution, 1917-1920. 6. The Paris Peace Settlement. 7. Revolution Against Revolution: Fascism. 8. "Normalcy": Europe in the 1920s. 9. Mass Culture and High Culture Between the Wars. 10. The Depression and Its Effects, 1929-1936. 11. The Authoritarian 1930s and the Spread of Fascism. 12. The Popular Front Era, 1934-1939. 13. The Paris Peace Settlement Dismantled: Aggression and Appeasement, 1933-1939. 14. Hitler's Europe: Conquest, Collaboration, and Resistance, 1939-1942. 15. From Hot War to Cold War, 1942-1949. 16. Ruin and Reconstruction, 1945-1953. 17. The Soviet Bloc from Stalin to Khrushchev. 18. Europe in the Cold War: Between the Superpowers, 1947-1961. 19. The "New Europe": Consumer Societies and Mass Culture in the West, 1953-1973. 20. Cold War Détente: Stirrings of Independence, 1962-1975. 21. The Soviet Bloc in the Brezhnev Era. 22. Western Europe, 1973-1989: Postindustrial Society and "Stagflation." 23. The Revolution of 1989 and After. Epilogue: Europe in 2001.