The Postwar Challenge: Cultural, Social, and Political Change in Western Europe, 1945-1958

by Dominik Geppert (Editor)

This volume charts the changes which took place in Western Europe during the first thirteen years after the Second World War. It brings together seventeen essays by experts from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and the USA. They look at the many challenges which Western European nations faced
during this the psychological and material aftermath of the war; the need for economic and social restructuring; and the impact of the Cold War on domestic political, social, and cultural developments.

416 pages, Hardcover

First published February 26, 2004