The idea of Central Europe : geopolitics, culture and regional identity / Otilia Dhand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dhand, Otilia, author.

Series:

Tauris historical geography series ; 12.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography.

Europe, Central--Historiography.

Europe, Central.

Central Europe.

Physical Description:

viii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2018.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Puzzle of Central Europe p. 1

The emerging puzzle p. 1

The pivot of geopolitics? p. 6

Approaching Central Europe p. 7

2 Germany: Mitteleuropa - Realm of the German Nation p. 13

The narrative of German Central Europe p. 14

Shifting identifies: from Germany to Central Europe p. 19

Nationalist dream or pragmatic customs union? p. 27

Friedrich Naumann and wartime concepts p. 31

Unsuccessful agitators vs. unimpressed government p. 37

A tale of wartime Mitteleuropa p. 40

Central Europe in German imperial policy p. 49

3 Austria-Hungary: Pan-German Paper Dreams p. 52

The legacy of 1848: Austria goes its own way p. 52

The pan-German movement p. 53

The Belvedere Circle p. 58

The pan-German revival p. 60

Central Europe the Austrian way p. 64

Challengers: from Kramár to Masaryk p. 70

A winding path to a dead end p. 78

Strength and weakness of the other p. 87

4 Britain and the United States: What the Enemy Covets p. 91

'Seat of war' p. 91

Shifting threat perceptions p. 93

The Foreign Office and Masaryk's dismemberment plan p. 97

The view from across the Atlantic: the Inquiry p. 102

The stillborn mid-European Union of 1918 p. 106

The construction of the other p. 109

5 Central Europe 1880-1918: Unsuccessful Exercises in Geopolitics p. 111

The battle for definition p. 111

Central Europe equals pan-German Europe p. 117

Central Europe in policy-makers' minds p. 122

Smart propaganda that failed p. 130

6 Variations in Time and Space p. 133

Interwar discourse: from Danubian Federation to Reich, 1919-39 p. 133

World War II: return of the Middle Tier, 1939-45 p. 147

Cold War: a non-existent concept, 1945-84 p. 160

Breaking ice: the anti-politics of Central Europe, 1984-9 p. 170

A brand new game: integration tautology, 1989 -2004 p. 179

The ebbs and flows of theorizing p. 192

7 Conclusions: Central Europe and Beyond p. 196

The forging of Central Europe p. 196

Central Europe is back. Again! p. 199

8 Postscript: Beyond Central Europe p. 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

1784538531

9781784538538

OCLC:

963360981