Roller-Coaster : Europe, 1950-2017 / Ian Kershaw.

"After the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the 20th century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book as having gone 'to Hell and back', the years from 1950 to 2017 brought peace and relative prosperity to most of Europe. Enormous economic improvements transformed the continent. The c...

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Uniform Title:Penguin history of Europe ; 9.
Main Author: Kershaw, Ian (Author)
Language:English
Published: UK : Allen Lane, 2018.
Series:Penguin history of Europe ; 9.
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Physical Description:xxiv, 665 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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