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Book Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe

Download or read book Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe written by Eliza Ablovatski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the First World War and Russian Revolutions, Central Europeans in 1919 faced a world of possibilities, threats, and extreme contrasts. Dramatic events since the end of the world war seemed poised to transform the world, but the form of that transformation was unclear and violently contested in the streets and societies of Munich and Budapest in 1919. The political perceptions of contemporaries, framed by gender stereotypes and antisemitism, reveal the sense of living history, of 'fighting the world revolution', which was shared by residents of the two cities. In 1919, both revolutionaries and counterrevolutionaries were focused on shaping the emerging new order according to their own worldview. By examining the narratives of these Central European revolutions in their transnational context, Eliza Ablovatski helps answer the question of why so many Germans and Hungarians chose to use their new political power for violence and repression.

Book National Identity and Foreign Policy

Download or read book National Identity and Foreign Policy written by Ilya Prizel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-08-13 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on the premise that the foreign policy of any country is heavily influenced by a society's evolving notions of itself. Applying his analysis to Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, the author argues that national identity is an ever-changing concept, influenced by internal and external events, and by the manipulation of a polity's collective memory. The interaction of the narrative of a society and its foreign policy is therefore paramount. This is especially the case in East-Central Europe, where political institutions are weak, and social coherence remains subject to the vagaries of the concept of nationhood. Ilya Prizel's study will be of interest to students of nationalism, as well as of foreign policy and politics in East-Central Europe.

Book A Companion to Europe  1900   1945

Download or read book A Companion to Europe 1900 1945 written by Gordon Martel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to discuss the major debates in the study of early twentieth-century Europe. Brings together contributions from a distinguished group of international scholars. Provides an overview of current thinking on the period. Traces the great political, social and economic upheavals of the time. Illuminates perennial themes, as well as new areas of enquiry. Takes a pan-European approach, highlighting similarities and differences across nations and regions.

Book The Versailles System and Central Europe

Download or read book The Versailles System and Central Europe written by Magda Ádám and published by Variorum Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An addition to the 'Variorum Collected Studies Series', this work includes chapters entitled 'Woodrow Wilson and the successor states', 'France and Hungary at the beginning of the 1920s' and 'The Little Entente and the issue of the Hungarian minorities'

Book International Approaches to Governing Ethnic Diversity

Download or read book International Approaches to Governing Ethnic Diversity written by Jane Boulden and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most remarkable features of the post-Cold War period has been the upsurge of international involvement in questions of ethnic diversity. From the United Nations and the European Court of Human Rights to diverse international philanthropic and advocacy organizations, a wide range of international actors have adopted policies and principles for addressing questions of ethnic rights, identity, and conflict. International Approaches to Governing Ethnic Diversity explores whether and how these international actors contribute to the peaceful and democratic governance of ethnic diversity. It focuses on two broad areas of international work: the evolution of international legal norms regarding the rights of minorities and indigenous peoples, and international approaches to conflict and post-conflict development. The book charts new territory by mapping the range of international actors who affect the governance of ethnic diversity, and exploring their often contradictory roles and impacts. Most international actors come to questions of ethnic diversity indirectly and reluctantly, on the basis of widely varying mandates many of which were established to fulfill other objectives.They naturally therefore have different priorities and perspectives. And yet, the book identifies a striking convergence amongst international actors around discourses of diversity and equality, demonstrating the existence of an epistemic community where actors work within common vocabularies, discourses and principles that attempt to link human rights, pluralism, development and peace.

Book War  Agriculture  and Food

Download or read book War Agriculture and Food written by Paul Brassley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays examines one of the crucial periods in the evolution of the European rural economy and society, assessing the effects of the Second World War on the European countryside, and the impact of food and agricultural problems on the outcome of the war.

Book A New Europe  1918 1923

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2022-03-03
  • ISBN : 1000543951
  • Pages : 251 pages

Download or read book A New Europe 1918 1923 written by Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set of essays introduces readers to new historical research on the creation of the new order in East-Central Europe in the period immediately following 1918. The book offers insights into the political, diplomatic, military, economic and cultural conditions out of which the New Europe was born. Experts from various countries take into account three perspectives. They give equal attention to both the Western and Eastern fronts; they recognise that on 11 November 1918, the War ended only on the Western front and violence continued in multiple forms over the next five years; and they show how state-building after 1918 in Central and Eastern Europe was marked by a mixture of innovation and instability. Thus, the volume focuses on three kinds of narratives: those related to conflicts and violence, those related to the recasting of civil life in new structures and institutions, and those related to remembrance and representations of these years in the public sphere. Taking a step towards writing a fully European history of the Great War and its aftermath, the volume offers an original approach to this decisive period in 20th-century European history.

Book Wars  Revolutions and Regime Changes in Hungary  1912 2004

Download or read book Wars Revolutions and Regime Changes in Hungary 1912 2004 written by Béla K. Király and published by East European Monographs. This book was released on 2005 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the personal experiences of the author who was privy to wars, revolutions and regime changes during a volatile century. Forced to become a professional officer, he participated in all wars and revolutions following World War I. He rose to the position of Commander-in-Chief of Hungary's National Guard during the 1956 Revolution, but immigrated to the United States following the Soviet suppression of his revolutionary government.

Book Pandora   s Box

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jörn Leonhard
  • Publisher : Belknap Press
  • Release : 2020-05-05
  • ISBN : 067424480X
  • Pages : 1105 pages

Download or read book Pandora s Box written by Jörn Leonhard and published by Belknap Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 1105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Prize “The best large-scale synthesis in any language of what we currently know and understand about this multidimensional, cataclysmic conflict.” —Richard J. Evans, Times Literary Supplement In this monumental history of the First World War, Germany’s leading historian of the period offers a dramatic account of its origins, course, and consequences. Jörn Leonhard treats the clash of arms with a sure feel for grand strategy. He captures the slow attrition, the race for ever more destructive technologies, and the grim experiences of frontline soldiers. But the war was more than a military conflict and he also gives us the perspectives of leaders, intellectuals, artists, and ordinary men and women around the world as they grappled with the urgency of the moment and the rise of unprecedented political and social pressures. With an unrivaled combination of depth and global reach, Pandora’s Box reveals how profoundly the war shaped the world to come. “[An] epic and magnificent work—unquestionably, for me, the best single-volume history of the war I have ever read...It is the most formidable attempt to make the war to end all wars comprehensible as a whole.” —Simon Heffer, The Spectator “[A] great book on the Great War...Leonhard succeeds in being comprehensive without falling prey to the temptation of being encyclopedic. He writes fluently and judiciously.” —Adam Tooze, Die Zeit “Extremely readable, lucidly structured, focused, and dynamic...Leonhard’s analysis is enlivened by a sharp eye for concrete situations and an ear for the voices that best convey the meaning of change for the people and societies undergoing it.” —Christopher Clark, author of The Sleepwalkers

Book The Cumulative Book Index

Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 2230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world list of books in the English language.

Book The  Jewish Question  in Europe

Download or read book The Jewish Question in Europe written by Tamás Ungvári and published by East European Monographs. This book was released on 2000 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ungv?ry asks why the Hungarian Jewish community became one of the most assimilated in Europe, and why there was always a lingering doubt about their true "Magyar" background.

Book American Book Publishing Record

Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Slavic Review

Download or read book Slavic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "American quarterly of Soviet and East European studies" (varies).

Book Patriots without a Homeland

Download or read book Patriots without a Homeland written by Jehuda Hartman and published by Academic Studies PRess. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patriots without a Homeland dissects an important underexplored theme in Hungarian Jewry: Modern Orthodoxy. This study clearly demonstrates that beginning from the late nineteenth century, a strong modernizing trend developed within Orthodoxy based on the adoption of Hungarian national identity alongside the preservation of tradition. Modern Orthodoxy was receptive to the Hungarian language, culture, and religion. However, the attempt to integrate failed. The book traces the journey of Hungarian Jews from Emancipation to the Holocaust and seeks to understand the reasons for the Jews’ complete trust in Hungarian integrity. For instance, why did they believe until the very last moment that the Holocaust would not affect them? How could they fail to notice the impending disaster? This is the story of a community that felt rooted in the land and contributed greatly to its well-being, but was eventually rejected: the story of patriots without a homeland.

Book Historical Abstracts

Download or read book Historical Abstracts written by Eric H. Boehm and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: