![]() No single thread explains Europe’s trajectory over the past 70 years, so instead Kershaw charts “a story of twists and turns, ups and downs”, an unending rollercoaster of change and uncertainty. ![]() As Zhou Enlai is supposed to have said of the French Revolution, it’s just too early to tell.Ĭontemporary history, however, is a vital corrective in a world of hot takes. “That was,” he adds in this final volume covering 1950 to the present day, “until this book.” The recent past presents particular challenges for historians, as without the perspective of distance, directions and narratives can be difficult to discern. I an Kershaw described his last instalment in the Penguin History of Europe series ( To Hell and Back, on 1914 to 1949) as “the hardest book I had ever attempted”.
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