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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (Vintage)

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (Vintage)

by Paul M. Kennedy

About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe.

The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe (Oxford Illustrated Histories)

The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe (Oxford Illustrated Histories)

by T. C. W. Blanning

Written by an international team of leading scholars, The Oxford History of Modern Europe traces Europe's turbulent history, from the beginnings of the Revolution in France to the dawn of two World Wars, to the breakup of the Soviet Union, to today's kaleidoscope of nation-states. The achievements and failures of key figures from many arenas--politics, technology, warfare, religion, and the arts among them--are... (more)

Extreme Europe

by Stephen Barber

An exploration of Europe's periphery, from Lisbon to Istanbul to Marseilles, and of culture on the edge of Berlin and Paris, with an emphasis on contemporary visual globalization and the social and other transformations that have taken place since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Eyewitness: A Memoir of Europe in the 1930s

Eyewitness: A Memoir of Europe in the 1930s

by Geoffrey Cox

Having served as a foreign correspondent for the British newspapers, Cox witnessed events in Russia, Austria, and Spain. In this memoir, he discusses the rise of Hitler, the attack of the Spanish fascists on the anarchists in the Civil War, and the Stalinist agricultural collectivisation.