Europe, 1945-1990s : the end of an era?

The Mountbatten Centre for International Studies - Preface A.Varsori - List of Abbreviations - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction A.Varsori with D.M.Hill - PART 1: EUROPE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR (1945-1947) - Some Reflections on Post-World War II Peace-Making Practices (1947-51) I.Poggiolini - Germany's Evolution from Occupied Territory to Western Partner (1945-49) W.Krieger - Between War and Peace: The Western Perception of Soviet East European Policy B.Arcidiacono - 'European Communism' and the West: From Co-operation to Hostility S.Galante - Europe in the Aftermath of the Second World War (1945-47): An Overview V.Mastny - PART 2: THE PRESENCE OF THE SUPERPOWERS IN EUROPE (1947-54) - The Marshall Plan: An Overview of Its Impact on National Economies V.Zamagni - Shaping NATO for the Long Haul (1952-54) L.Nuti - The United States and the Process of European Integration P.Melandri - USSR and Soviet Bloc between Ideology and Realpolitik (1947-58) S.Bianchini - The Presence of the Superpowers in Europe (1947-54): An Overview C.S.Maier - PART 3: THE TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN POWERS BETWEEN DECADENCE AND NEW CHALLENGES (1947-58) - Britain and the Three Interlocking Circles A.Deighton - General de Gaulle and the Defence of Europe (1947-58) M.Vaisse - The Decline of the Imperial Role of the European Powers: France, Italy and the Future of Northern Africa B.Bagnato - A Different Role for Europe in the Middle East: Italy's Experience M.G.Enardu - The Traditional European Powers between Decadence and New Challenges (1947-58): A Comment G.Warner - PART 4: THE STABILIZATION OF THE EUROPEAN BALANCE (1953-56) - From the Hypothesis of Reunification to the Two German States R.Morgan - The Western Powers and the Geneva Summit Conference (1955) A.Varsori - The Soviet System from the 'Thaw' to the Hungarian Crisis G.Mammarella - Spain's Changing Role in International Relations in the 1950s J.C.Pereira - Unsuccessful Efforts to Stabilise the Mediterranean: the Western Powers and the Mediterranean Pact (1948-58) E.Calandri - PART 5: 1989/1991: A TURNING POINT? (1) - The Soviet Union and the Future of Europe J.Keep - The United States and the Defence of the 'Old Continent': A Different Commitment or a 'Peripheral Strategy? L.S.Kaplan - The EEC between the United States and the Changing Eastern Situation M.N.Gualdesi - Mitterand's Gaullism: Cold War Policies for the Post-Cold War World? B.Heuser - 1989/1991: A Turning Point? (1): A Comment E.Di Nolfo - PART 5: 1989/1991: A TURNING POINT (2) - Unified Germany: A New Sonderweg? G.E.Rusconi - The Political Transition in the Balkan-Danubian Region: The Romanian Case (and Others) B.V.Cavallotti - The Aftermath in East Central Europe: Fission, Fusion and Bifurcation A.Liebich - Building Security in the New Europe: NATO, CSCE, the EC and a New Idea R.O'Neill - Comments on the Papers O.Bari - Index