Destroyed (1945). Westen ; Hell ; Osten ; Zero, recurring ; Of fathers and fatherlands ; The memory engine
Divided (1961-1979). Curfew ; Europes ; Being there ; Kaleidotapestry ; Hamlet and the yellow submarine ; Rome ; Cold war west ; Friedrichstrasse, east
Rising (1980-1989). Freedom's battle ; 1984 ; 68ers and post-68ers ; Angelo Gotti ; Spectator Britain ; The upward turn ; Joachim ; Wall's fall
Triumphing (1990-2007). Post-wall world ; The enlargement of the west ; Integration and disintegration ; Good King Wenceslas ; Genocide again ; Fish soup ; Freedom and its discontents ; One coin to bind them all ; From 9/11 to 9/11 ; Muslims in Europe ; Cool Britannia ; Hubris
Faltering (2008-2022). Zweig and the downward turn ; Euro, crisis ; Clash of empires ; Charlie Hebdo ; 'Invaders' ; Brexit ; Demolition ; A new Iron Curtain ; War in Ukraine ; Delphi
Epilogue: on a Normandy beach.