The end of the European era, 1890 to the present (The Norton history of modern Europe)

This third edition brings fully up to date the leading text in twentieth-century European history. The last three chapters of this new edition focus much more closely on the years of abundance in Western Europe and de-Stalinization in Eastern Europe (the mid-1950's through the mid 1960's), the student revolts of the late 1960's, the crisis in Czechozlovakia, the spread of terrorism and the emergence of Eurocommunism, the impact of the oil crisis int the early 1970's, the rise and fall of detente, the crisis in Poland, and the current controversy over arms control and the installation of nuclear weapons in Europe. In a thoughtful Epilogue Professor Gilbert assesses the reduced but still crucial position Europe has come to occupy in the world. (from the back cover) The front cover has 1 crease, and some of the first pages show also. No marks in text and normal aging otherwise.