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War in peace : paramilitary violence in Europe after the Great War / edited by Robert Gerwarth and John Horne.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- The Greater War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military history, Modern--20th century.
- Military history, Modern.
- Paramilitary forces--Europe--History--20th century.
- Paramilitary forces.
- Political violence--Europe--History--20th century.
- Political violence.
- World War, 1914-1918--Territorial questions--Europe.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Peace.
- Europe--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Europe.
- Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Paramilitary violence in Europe after the Great War
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explains why, in many parts of Europe, the end of the Great War brought not peace but continued conflict. Contributes to an understanding of the difficult transition from war to peace and shows how paramilitary violence helped legitimize both fascism and communism, and also many of the new nation-states that emerged from the Great War.
- Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; List of Contributors; 1. Paramilitarism in Europe after the Great War: An Introduction; PART I. REVOLUTION AND COUNTER REVOLUTION; 2. Paramilitary Violence in Russia's Civil Wars, 1918-1920; 3. Bolshevism as Fantasy: Fear of Revolution and Counter-Revolutionary Violence, 1917-1923; 4. Fighting the Red Beast: Counter-Revolutionary Violence in the Defeated States of Central Europe; 5. Revolution, Civil War, and Terror in Finland in 1918; 6. Paramilitary Violence in Italy: The Rationale of Fascism and the Origins of Totalitarianism
- PART II. NATIONS, BORDERLANDS AND ETHNIC VIOLENCE7. Bands of Nation Builders? Insurgency and Ideology in the Ukrainian Civil War; 8. Turning Citizens into Soldiers: Baltic Paramilitary Movements after the Great War; 9. The Origins, Attributes, and Legacies of Paramilitary Violence in the Balkans; 10. Paramilitary Violence in the Collapsing Ottoman Empire; 11. Soldiers to Civilians, Civilians to Soldiers: Poland and Ireland after the First World War; 12. The British Culture of Paramilitary Violence in the Irish War of Independence
- 13. Defending Victory: Paramilitary Politics in France, 1918-1926. A Counter-exampleIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780199686056
- 019968605X
- 9780191626531
- 0191626538
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb32339 hdl
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