One hundred years of socialism : the West European left in the twentieth century / Donald Sassoon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 887-943) and index.

1. The Establishment of Socialism Before 1914 -- 2. From War to War (1914-40) -- 3. Thwarted Alternatives -- 4. The War, Resistance and Its Aftermath: The Rise and Fall of West European Communism 1939-48 -- 5. The Socialists After 1945 -- 6. Building Social Capitalism 1945-50 -- 7. External Constraints: A Socialist Foreign Policy? -- 8. The Golden Age of Capitalism -- 9. Between Neutralism and Atlanticism -- 10. The Foundations of Revisionism -- 11. The Return of the Left -- 12. The Establishment of a Foreign Policy Consensus -- 13. The Revival of Working-class Militancy 1960-73 -- 14. The Revival of Ideology and the Student Contestation -- 15. The Revival of Feminism -- 16. The Crisis and the Left: An Overview -- 17. Social Democracy in Small Countries: Austria, Sweden, Holland and Belgium -- 18. Germany and Britain: SPD and Labour in Power -- 19. The French Experiment -- 20. The Failure of Italian Communism --

21. The End of Authoritarian Regimes in Western Europe: Portugal, Spain and Greece -- 22. Workers, Women and Greens -- 23. The 1980s: Radicalism in its Last Redoubt -- 24. The New Revisionism.

A unique and comprehensive study, One Hundred Years of Socialism traces the fortunes of the political parties on the left in Western Europe through the twentieth century. From the Second International to the birth of the welfare state to the student uprisings of the 1960s and beyond, acclaimed historian Donald Sassoon charts the course of socialism across fourteen countries, showing us both the origins of Western socialism and its considerable accomplishments, particularly since 1945.