Longman Handbook of Twentieth Century Europe (Paperback)

This new reference work provides a detailed yet wide-ranging guide to the turbulent events of 20th century Europe.

The European continent saw wars, revolutions and the collapse of empires and a range of leading figures from Stolypin and Stalin to Chirac, Schroder and Putin. This new reference work provides a detailed yet wide-ranging guide to the turbulent events of 20th century Europe. Covers the whole period from Tsarist Russia and Imperial Germany to the Balkan Wars of the 1990s and the final birth of the Euro in 2002. It provides a convenient user-friendly compendium of key facts and figures for the whole of Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, and includes information about political, diplomatic, social and economic events and history. Offers biographies of key individuals.