Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The End of the Old Order, 1914-1921 2. Postwar Reconstruction and Instability Problems in the 1920s 3. Economic Crisis and Recovery, 1929-1939 4. Eastern Europe and the Periphery in the 1930s 5. The Battle for Europe 1939-1945 6. Europe's Reconstruction 7. The Golden Age of Postwar Economic Growth 8. The Socialist Economies of Eastern Europe, 1950-1970 9. Western Capitalism in the 1970s 10. Western Europe in the 1980s: The Seearch for Stability 11. Eastern Europe in the Transition, 1970-1990 12. Towards a United Europe, 1990-2000 13. The New Millenium 14. The Euro-Zone Crisis

About the Author

Derek H. Aldcroft is a University Fellow, School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester, UK

Steven Morewood is a Senior Lecturer in International History at the University of Birmingham, UK