Europe Contested - 2nd Edition

Name: Europe Contested - 2nd Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Europe ContestedFrom the Kaiser to Brexit\nAuthor(s): Harold James\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138303065, 978-1138303065\nSynopsis\nEurope Contested analyses the failures and achievements of an astonishing era of economic advance and political chaos, from the First World War up to the present day.\n\nBeginning with the Great War, the book goes on to examine connections between the self-destruction of liberal democracy, market economics, and the international political and security framework in the interwar period. It then considers the mass politics that surrounded the glorification of new-style leaders Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler before moving on to explore the ways in which the interwar legacy was superseded post-1945. James examines the deceptive appearance of stability brought by a new convergence in European politics that focused around the market and the principle of liberal democracy, and dem.