This edition is fully revised, updated and enlarged, beginning in 1900 rather than 1918, and documenting the momentous changes in European politics since 1990, including the fall of Communism, the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the tragedy of former Yugoslavia. There is a section on the 'new nation' of Europe, an enlarged section of statistics on the European Union and an expanded glossary to make this an even more indispensable reference guide to a turbulent century of European politics.