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An investigation of how this remarkably successful but 'consciously unheroic' transition was achieved in western continental Europe. A scholarly work of history that displays a deep knowledge of different political cultures, [the book] offers valuable context for today's crisis of liberal democracy. ---Ben Hall, Financial Times

An investigation of how this remarkably successful but 'consciously unheroic' transition was achieved in western continental Europe. A scholarly work of history that displays a deep knowledge of different political cultures, [Western Europe's Democratic Age] offers valuable context for today's crisis of liberal democracy. ---Ben Hall, Financial Times [Western Europe's Democratic Age] had a real influence on me. ---E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post An important and insightful study. . . . highly readable [and] well-written. ---Julia Eichenberg, H/Soz/Kult

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Martin Conway is Professor of Contemporary European History at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in History at Balliol College. He is the author of a number of books, including, most recently, The Sorrows of Belgium: Liberation and Political Reconstruction, 19441947.

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