Bibliograph

Europe, the struggle for supremacy, from 1453 to the present, Brendan Simms

Type

Label

Europe, the struggle for supremacy, from 1453 to the present, Brendan Simms

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-625) and index

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Europe

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

830124069

Responsibility statement

Brendan Simms

Sub title

the struggle for supremacy, from 1453 to the present

Summary

In Europe, prizewinning historian Brendan Simms presents an authoritative account of the past half-millennium of European history, demonstrating how the battle for mastery there has shaped the modern world. Beginning in 1453, when the collapse of the Byzantine Empire laid Europe open to Ottoman incursion and prompted the dramatic expansion of the Holy Roman Empire, Simms leads readers through the epic struggle for the heart of Europe. Stretching from the Low Countries through Germany and into the North Italian plain, this relatively compact zone has historically been the richest and most productive on earth. For hundreds of years, its crucial strategic importance stoked a seemingly unending series of conflicts, from the English Civil War to the French Revolution to the appalling world wars of the 20th century. But when Europe is in harmony, Simms shows, the entire world benefits<U+2014>a lesson that current leaders would do well to remember

Table Of Contents

Europe in 1450 -- Empires, 1453-1648 -- Successions, 1649-1755 -- Revolutions, 1756-1813 -- Emancipations, 1814-66 -- Unifications, 1867-1916 -- Utopias, 1917-44 -- Partitions, 1945-73 -- Democracies, 1974-2011

Target audience

adult

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