Product Description
This is a comprehensive reference work of some 1700 entries in two volumes. Its scope includes all of Europe and the successor states to the former Soviet Union, with an emphasis on politics, governments, organizations, people and events crucial to an understanding of postwar Europe. Aili AArelaid Tart, University of Tallinn; Andrej Alimov, St Petersburg State University; John B Allcock, University of Bradford; Myrdene Anderson, Purdue University; An
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Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work of some 1,700 entries in two volumes. Its scope includes all of Europe and the successor states to the former Soviet Union. The volumes provide a broad coverage of topics, with an emphasis on politics, governments, organizations, people, and events crucial to an understanding of postwar Europe. Also includes 100 maps and photos.
Entries include:
* Konrad Adenauer * Belgium, civil society and pressure groups * Michel Foucault * France, decentralization; May 1968; Pieds Noirs * Germany, religion; reparations * Andre Gromyko * Vaclav Havel * Latvia, citizenship issue, political parties * Norway, language; social services * Poland, art; censorship * and much more.
