Felix Gilbert, late of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, was the first recipient of the American Historical Association’s Award for Scholarly Distinction in 1985. David Clay Large is a professor at the Fromm Institute, University of San Francisco, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, U.C. Berkeley. A specialist on the history of Modern Europe, especially Germany and Austria, Large is the author of ten books including Berlin, Where Ghosts Walked: Munich’s Road to the Third Reich, and Nazi Games.

• Preface xvchapter 1 The Beginning of a New Centurychapter 2 Politics and Society, 1890-1914chapter 3 The First World Warchapter 4 Peacemakingchapter 5 The Era of Stabilizationchapter 6 The Economic Crisis and the Rise of Nazismchapter 7 Toward the Inevitable Conflictchapter 8 The Second World Warchapter 9 Postwar Uncertaintieschapter 10 Reconstruction and Revolt: The 1950schapter 11 Europe's Abundant Decade: The 1960schapter 12 The Years of Disillusionment: 1967-1973chapter 13 The Decade of Détente: 1969-1979chapter 14 Western Europe in the Troubled 1980schapter 15 A New Order in Eastern Europechapter 16 Continental Driftchapter 17 Europe and the Challenges ofGlobalization Suggestions for Further ReadingCredits