After you've read each chapter, you should be able to do the following:
- Discuss the major developments in recent Western culture and society;
- Explain the consequences of communism's fall in Europe;
- Evaluate Europe's evolution and opportunities after the cold war's end;
- Describe the particular problems confronting European social, political,
and economic development within the contemporary Western and world orders;
- Assess how the relationship between western Europe and the United States changed with the end of the cold war;
- Identify the new issues and concerns confronting Europe and the West in a
global age.
