Postwar
By Tony Judt
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780143037750, 960pp.)
Publication Date: September 2006
Categories: Europe - General
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Named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review
Almost a decade in the making , this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world's most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through thirty-four nations and sixty years of political and cultural change--all in one integrated, enthralling narrative. Both intellectually ambitious and compelling to read, thrilling in its scope and delightful in its small details, Postwar is a rare joy.
* A Time and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year
* Maps, photos, and cartoons throughout
Tony Judt, the author of eleven books, is Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies at New York University and director and founder of the Remarque Institute.
A book that has the pace of a thriller and the scope of an encyclopedia... Brilliant. (The New York Review of Books) ...brilliantly detailed account of Europe's recovery from the wreckage of World War II presents a whole continent in panorama. (The New York Times Book Review) Remarkable... The writing is vivid; the coverage--of little countries as well as of great ones--is virtually superhuman. (Louis Menand, The New Yorker)
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