Struggle for Europe : The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent 1945 to the Present - 03 edition

"Should be read and studied by a generation of students of European history. . . . One could not want a clearer exposition and a better guide."

--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Lively and insightful. . . . A thoughtful narrative that challenges some previous assumptions about key events that shaped our world."

--The Washington Post Book World

"Splendid. . . . Hitchcock is a gifted storyteller, with a knack for choosing the right anecdote and quotation to enliven his story."

--The Economist

"Energetic and fluid. . . . A confident, sharp-minded account."

--Financial Times

"Every now and then books come along that tell you who the master historians of the next generation are going to be. I had this sense as I read Will Hitchcock's The Struggle for Europe. Shrewd, comprehensive, elegantly written, always convincing in its arguments, it is without question the most successful analytical synthesis of recent European history now available."

--John Lewis Gaddis, Yale University

"There is nothing more important at this juncture of our history than a crash course for Americans in modern European history. And there is no better place to start than with William I. Hitchcock's book. . . . It deserves serious attention."

--Daily News Tribune

"A clear exposition of postwar developments. . . . Sober and comprehensive."

--Publishers Weekly

"Lucid, highly readable. . . . Scholarly without being tedious, a sturdy companion to Richard Vinen's A History in Fragments."

--Kirkus Reviews

"Two features of this book stand out: its easy, lucid style, which allows deeply thought-out analyses to be slipped into the readable narrative; and the confident way it treats regional complexities, from Ulster to Greece, yet preserves the larger picture of Europe's remarkable transformation. This is a very deft and mature work."

--Paul Kennedy, author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

"Succinct and handy. . . . Its analysis is adept, well supported with statistics, and quite readable."

--Booklist

Submitted By Publisher, May, 2004