The Iron Curtain : a short history of socialist borders / Lorenz M. Lüthi

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lüthi, Lorenz M., 1970- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in Soviet and post-Soviet history

Cambridge elements. Elements in Soviet and post-Soviet history, 2753-5290

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communist countries--Politics and government.

Communist countries.

Communist countries--Foreign relations.

Communist countries--Boundaries.

Politics and government.

Diplomatic relations.

Boundaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"The Iron Curtain remains an iconic representation of the Cold War. But what was it really on the ground? Fortified borders to prevent citizens from leaving emerged first in the interwar USSR and then in socialist post-WW II Europe. Fortifications occurred both at borders between socialist states and at their external boundaries to the non-socialist world, but not in all cases. The most well-known case – the Berlin Wall – was both an extreme example as well as a latecomer. But since 1947, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia had fortified their borders to prevent exit. When East Germany started to build walls around West Berlin and at its borders to West Germany in the 1960s, Yugoslavia was already dismantling its border regime and Hungary was granting passports and exit visas to its citizens. Fortified borders also appeared at external borders in northern and southeastern Europe, in the Caucasus, and in Asia"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Soviet interwar borders

Churchill’s Iron Curtain in East Europe

Yugoslavia’s Iron Curtains, 1945-1965

Hungary’s Iron Curtain, 1945-1955

Czechoslovakia’s Iron Curtain, 1945-1955

East Germany’s Iron Curtain, 1945-1955

Czechoslovakia’s and Hungary’s divergent border regimes, 1955-1989

East Germany’s walls

Other Iron Curtains

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core

Other Format:

Print version: Lüthi, Lorenz M., 1970- Iron Curtain

ISBN:

9781009712811

1009712810

OCLC:

1564131901

Publisher Number:

CIPO000317291

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license