Abstract
Abstract European societies in the second half of the twentieth century were characterized by extraordinary, to some extent intended, social dynamics within a hot peace. This period had some quite particular social features, especially compared to the turbulent first half of the twentieth century. First, this was an unusually long period of peace in Europe, but it lay in the shadow of one of the most catastrophic wars in European history, and also under the threat of intensive rearmament and of military conflicts in former European colonies. European society was first seen by Europeans through the lens of their experience of wartime, and was highly appreciated as a peacetime society. At the same time, peace was rarely seen as assured.
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