内容简介
AmagnificenthistoryofpostwarEurope,EastandWest,byarguablythesubject'smostesteemedhistorian.
作者简介
TonyJudt'sPostwarmakesonelamenttheoveruseoftheword"groundbreaking."Itisanunprecedentedaccomplishment:thefirsttrulyEuropeanhistoryofcontemporaryEurope,fromLisbontoLeningrad,basedonresearchinsixlanguages,coveringthirty-fourcountriesacrosssixtyyearsinasingleintegratednarrative,usingagreatdealofmaterialfromnewlyavailablesources.TonyJudthasdrawnonfortyyearsofreadingandwritingaboutmodernEuropetocreateafullyrounded,deepaccountofthecontinent'srecentpast.Thebookintegratesinternationalrelations,domesticpolitics,ideas,socialchange,economicdevelopment,andculture--highandlow--intoasinglegrandnarrative.Everycountryhasitschancetoplaythelead,andalthoughthebigthemesaresuperblyhandled--includingthecoldwar,thelove/haterelationshipwithAmerica,culturalandeconomicmalaiseandrebirth,andthemythandrealityofunification--noneofthemisallowedtoovershadowtherichpageantthatisthewhole.Vividlyandclearlywrittenforthegeneralreader;witty,opinionated,andfulloffreshandsurprisingstoriesandasides;visuallyrichandrewarding,withusefulandprovocativemaps,photos,andcartoonsthroughout,PostwarisamovablefeastforloversofhistoryandloversofEuropealike.
