Political violence in twentieth-century Europe / edited by Donald Bloxham, Robert Gerwarth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloxham, Donald, editor.

Gerwarth, Robert, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political violence--Europe--History--20th century.

Political violence.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

ix, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

"This is a comprehensive history of political violence during Europe's incredibly violent twentieth century. Leading scholars examine the causes and dynamics of war, revolution, counterrevolution, genocide, ethnic cleansing, terrorism and state repression. They locate these manifestations of political violence within their full transnational and comparative contexts and within broader trends in European history from the beginning of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in the late nineteenth-century, through the two world wars, to the Yugoslav Wars and the rise of fundamentalist terrorism. The book spans a 'greater Europe' stretching from Ireland and Iberia to the Baltic, the Caucasus, Turkey and the southern shores of the Mediterranean. It sheds new light on the extent to which political violence in twentieth-century Europe was inseparable from the generation of new forms of state power and their projection into other societies, be they distant territories of imperial conquest or ones much closer to home"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction Donald Bloxham and Robert Gerwarth; 1. Europe in the world Donald Bloxham, Martin Conway, Robert Gerwarth, A. Dirk Moses and Klaus Weinhauer; 2. War James McMillan; 3. Genocide and ethnic cleansing Donald Bloxham and A. Dirk Moses; 4. Revolution and counterrevolution Martin Conway and Robert Gerwarth; 5. Terrorism and the state Heinz-Gerhard Haupt and Klaus Weinhauer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107005037

1107005035

9780521182041

0521182042

OCLC:

694238117

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