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Background[edit]
After completing his doctorate, Judt taught modern French history at King's College, Cambridge from 1972 until 1978.[1] Judt has called this an important period of his academic development and particularly credited historian John Dunn as an influence.[2] He subsequently taught politics at St Anne's College, Oxford until 1987, when he moved to New York University, where he taught history again.[3] In 1995, he founded the Remarque Institute of NYU.[3] At this time, Judt was considered an "obscure British historian".[4]
Judt decided to write Postwar in 1989 while waiting at the Vienna central station.[5][6] It had been considered difficult to write a history of the Soviet Union until then due to lack of access to national archives.[6]
Synopsis[edit]
Postwar is divided into four major parts: "Post-war", covering 1945–1953; "Prosperity and Its Discontents", covering 1953–1971; "Recessional", covering 1971–1989; and "After the Fall", covering 1989–2005. The book's structure is primarily chronological, with Judt covering events and developments in the context of their time.
Post-war (1945–1953)[edit]
Prosperity and Its Discontents (1953–1971)[edit]
Recessional (1971–1989)[edit]
After the Fall (1989–2005)[edit]
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