Европа през XX век. Част 2. Политическа и дипломатическа история на европейските държави от Първата световна война до падането на Берлинската стена, 1914-1995 (в две части)
Europe in the 20th Century. Part 2. Political and Diplomatic History of the European Countries from the First World War to the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1914-1995 (In Two Parts)

Author(s): Plamen Tzvetkov
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Diplomatic history, Military history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Cold-War History, Geopolitics
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Iron Curtain; Western democracies; Berlin Wall; Franco-German Friendship; Eastern policy; Prague Spring; the Soviet Country decay; Gentle revolutions
Summary/Abstract: It is hard to perceive modern world without knowing the history of the European countries in the twentieth century to be remembered as the bloodiest century in the history. Most significant events at the time took place on the European continent. Europe has turned over the last hundred years from the cradle of the Judeo-Christian civilization, democracy and humanism into a proving ground for the most sinister ideologies - Russian Communism, German National Socialism and Italian Fascism. With Stalin's victory over Hitler in World War II, Europe not only lost its leading role in human progress, but also remained on the periphery of the Soviet empire. Only the fall of the Berlin Wall and the "gentle revolutions" of the end of 1989 gave Europeans a new chance to unite and take a decent place in world civilization progress, but the problems and challenges Europe is facing can be resolved in a more efficient way, if we know our past better.

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