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FIFTY REMARKABLE YEARS
Progress via apocalypse: Europe's astonishing journey of rejuvenation.
By Lance Morrow
1946-1951
OUT OF THE ASHES
Ravaged and divided
by warring ideologies, Europe rebuilds.
By Frederick Painton

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First Person:
Bullock, Rostropovich, Schumann, Von Weizsacker


1963-1978
FINDING A MIDDLE WAY
The thaw of detente
yields uncertainties and new options.
By John Elson

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First Person:
Schmidt, Giscard d'Estaing, Scowcroft, Bowie

1952-1962
THE IDEA OF UNITY
Shorn of grandiosity,
an old dream takes new shape.
By James O. Jackson

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First Person:
Dahrendorf, Loren, Heath, Couve de Murville


1979-1990
THE WALLS COME DOWN
As communism collapses, a continent faces chaos
and radical possibilities.
By Bruce Nelan

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First Person:
Jaruzelski, Gorbachev, Horn, Robinson


1991-The Future
FORGING THE UNION AND BEYOND
Post-communism breeds doubt-and offers new worlds to conquer.
By James O. Jackson

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Ideas: Interview
Famed theater director and author Jonathan Miller
ponders the challenges facing European culture and society

Ideas: The Future
Europe and the Info Age. By Tim Berners-Lee
For a New Political Order. By Jacques Attali