Tom Buchanan is Reader in Modern History & Politics at Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education, where he is Director of Studies in History and Politics. He has published extensively on the relationship between Britain and the Spanish Civil War. He is currently completing a major book on China and the British Left, 1925–1976. His other research interests include the history of Amnesty International.

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• List of MapsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Europe's Troubles1. The War and its Legacy2. Europe between the Powers, 1945-19533. Restoration, Reconstruction and Revolution: Europe, 1945-19504. Consolidating Western Europe, 1950-19635. Western Europe in the 1960s6. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, from 1953 to the 1970s 7. Western Europe in the 1970s: Downturn and Détente8. Western Europe in the 1980s: The Era of Thatcher, Mitterrand and Kohl 9. European Integration: From Rome to Maastricht, 1957-199210. The Fall of the Communist Regimes: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1980-199111. Europe after the Cold War12. Europe in the new millennium

Tom Buchanan is Reader in Modern History & Politics at Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education, where he is Director of Studies in History and Politics. He has published extensively on the relationship between Britain and the Spanish Civil War. He is currently completing a major book on China and the British Left, 1925–1976. His other research interests include the history of Amnesty International.

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• List of MapsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Europe's Troubles1. The War and its Legacy2. Europe between the Powers, 1945-19533. Restoration, Reconstruction and Revolution: Europe, 1945-19504. Consolidating Western Europe, 1950-19635. Western Europe in the 1960s6. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, from 1953 to the 1970s 7. Western Europe in the 1970s: Downturn and Détente8. Western Europe in the 1980s: The Era of Thatcher, Mitterrand and Kohl 9. European Integration: From Rome to Maastricht, 1957-199210. The Fall of the Communist Regimes: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1980-199111. Europe after the Cold War12. Europe in the new millennium

Tom Buchanan is Reader in Modern History & Politics at Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education, where he is Director of Studies in History and Politics. He has published extensively on the relationship between Britain and the Spanish Civil War. He is currently completing a major book on China and the British Left, 1925–1976. His other research interests include the history of Amnesty International.

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• List of MapsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Europe's Troubles1. The War and its Legacy2. Europe between the Powers, 1945-19533. Restoration, Reconstruction and Revolution: Europe, 1945-19504. Consolidating Western Europe, 1950-19635. Western Europe in the 1960s6. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, from 1953 to the 1970s 7. Western Europe in the 1970s: Downturn and Détente8. Western Europe in the 1980s: The Era of Thatcher, Mitterrand and Kohl 9. European Integration: From Rome to Maastricht, 1957-199210. The Fall of the Communist Regimes: The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1980-199111. Europe after the Cold War12. Europe in the new millennium