In one photo, a woman wearing a patterned dress walks down a deserted street in Bellagio, northern Italy, a small dachshund lapping at her heels. To her left there’s a gelateria, and at the end of the ...

In this brilliant sequel to his history of earlier-20th-century Europe (To Hell and Back), historian Kershaw profiles a Europe that has emerged into the 21st century calmer and more prosperous than in ...

European forests are intensively exploited for wood products, yet they also form a sink for carbon. European forest inventories, available for the past 50 years, can be combined with timber harvest ...

ON SUNDAY, September 18, 1949, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, announced over the air, in effect, that the pound was henceforth to be worth $2.80 instead of $4.03, a ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Michael A. McFaul THE GLOBAL AGE Europe, 1950-2017 By Ian Kershaw The Munich Security Conference ...

THE forces making for closer union in Western Europe today are similar to those that created the union of the 13 North American colonies after the War of Independence. The states of Western Europe ...

Europe's forests have changed drastically since the 1950s when forest and land use management caught up with the effects of the World War II. The forest area increased by 30% between 1950 and 2000 as ...