Europe triumphant : 1300-1900 -- Europe in crisis : 1900-1945 -- Europe divided : 1945-1955 -- East-West equilibrium : 1955-1975 -- A new Europe emerges -- Germany : West and East -- The Soviet Union -- Eastern Europe -- The United Kingdom -- France -- Italy and the Vatican -- The small states of western and northern Europe -- The Iberian and Aegean states -- A new Europe