Europe in the Era of Two World Wars: From Militarism and Genocide to Civil Society, 1900-1950

by Volker R. Berghahn

Book Overview

How and why did Europe spawn dictatorships and violence in the first half of the twentieth century, and then, after 1945 in the west and after 1989 in the east, create successful civilian societies? In this book, Volker Berghahn explains the rise and fall of the men of violence whose wars and civil wars twice devastated large areas of the European continent and Russia--until, after World War II, Europe adopted a liberal capitalist model of society...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691141223
• ISBN13: 9780691141220
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.7"