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Europe has endured thanks in part to Ms. Merkel’s pragmatic stewardship, but it has been battered by crises during her entire time in office. [174] Russia began an invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. It is the largest conventional military attack in Europe since World ...
European International Relations, 1648–1815 (2002) excerpt and text search; Burbank, Jane, and Frederick Cooper. Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference (2011), Very wide-ranging coverage from Rome to the 1980s; 511pp; Dodge, Ernest S. Islands and Empires: Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia (1976) Furber, Holden.
The European miracle theory purports that the European nuclear family, with women marrying late and having few children, Europe's population was better controlled than in the rest of the world, which "multiplied insensately." [1] Europe was thus not vulnerable to Malthusian Crises and so could form a progressive capitalist society.
A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Present (3rd ed. 2009, 2 vol), 1412 pp. Mowat, R. B. History of European Diplomacy, 1451–1789 (1928) 324 pp. online free; Nussbaum, Frederick L. The triumph of science and reason, 1660–1685 (1953), Despite the narrow title is a general survey of European history. Parker, Geoffrey.
The European Miracle: Environments, economies and geopolitics in the history of Europe and Asia (2nd edition; 1987). excerpt and text search; Kellenbenz, Hermann, and Gerhard Benecke. The Rise of the European Economy: An Economic History of Continental Europe from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century (1976) online; Persson, Karl Gunnar.
A broken world, 1919–1939 (1972), wide-ranging history of interwar Europe; online free to borrow; Stone, Dan, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Postwar European History (2015). Ther, Philipp. Europe since 1989: A History (Princeton UP, 2016) excerpt, 440 pp; Toynbee, Arnold, ed. Survey Of International Affairs: Hitler's Europe 1939–1946 (1954) online
The belief that European hegemony derived from free trade, reasoned rule, and democracy is a patriotic myth. European powers won trading rights by force, and Britain developed the industrial revolution under harsh regulations. Cultural movements and ideas were spurred by contact with the outside world, particularly with the East.
An Illustrated World History (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1980. 8 volumes) The Age of Upheaval: The World since 1914 (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1981). ISBN 978-0-14-064008-3; The Triumph of the West: The Origin, Rise, and Legacy of Western Civilization (London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1985). ISBN 978-0-563-20070-3; A Short History of the ...