Postwar : a history of Europe since 1945 / Tony Judt.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The legacy of war -- Retribution -- The rehabilitation of Europe -- The impossible settlement -- The coming of the Cold War -- Into the whirlwind -- Culture wars -- The end of old Europe -- The politics of stability -- Lost illusions -- The age of affluence -- The social democratic hour -- The spectre of revolution -- The end of the affair -- Diminished expectations -- Politics in a new key -- A time of transition -- The new realism -- The power of the powerless -- The end of the old order -- A fissile continent -- The reckoning -- The old Europe, and the new -- The varieties of Europe -- Europe as a way of life -- Epilogue : from the house of the dead : an essay on modern European memory.