End of the European Era

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