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The shaken lands : violence and the crisis of governance in East Central Europe, 1914-1923
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"The volume focuses on violence during the breakdown of East Central European states brought by one of the most violent periods in modern European history: from the start of the Great War in 1914 u...
"The volume focuses on violence during the breakdown of East Central European states brought by one of the most violent periods in modern European history: from the start of the Great War in 1914 until 1923 when Europe, finally, achieved peace after a series of civil conflicts and interstate wars. The contributors offer several case studies that cover the vast region stretching from the Baltic states to Hungary. They explore different types of violence against its civilian populations with a particular focus on communal violence committed by civilians onto their neighbors. They suggest that disintegration of state power brought by the Great War was a key condition that produced violence. Yet the process of post-WWI state building was equally or more violent as nascent East Central European states institutionalized the use of violence to achieve their political agendas"--
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- edited by Tomas Balkelis and Andrea Griffante
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- English
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- Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2023
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- 248 pages ; 25 cm
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- 9798887191737, 9798887191744, 9798887191751, 9798887191744
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- on1394118370
- This volume emerged from the online conference "Violence and the Crisis of Governance in East Central Europe, 1905-1925" held in November 2020, organized by the Lithuanian Institute of History in Vilnius.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The Evolution of Wartime Criminality in Lithuania, 1914-1920 / Vytautas Petronis -- War Violence and Its Representation : A Comparison of Civilian Experiences of the Great War on Both Sides of the Former Russian-German Border / Vasilijus Safronovas, Vygantas Vareikis, and Hektoras Vitkus -- The Military Pogroms in Lithuania, 1919-1920 / Darius Staliūnas -- Scandinavian Volunteers as Perpetrators of Violence and Crime in the Estonian War of Independence / Mart Kuldkepp -- The Rich and the (In)famous : Social Conflicts and Paramilitary Violence in Hungary during the Counterrevolution, 1921-1923 / Béla Bodó -- The Polish Central Government, Regional Authorities, and Local Paramilitaries during the Battle for the Western Borderlands, 1918-1921 / Jochen Böhler -- Eisenbahnfeldzug : Railway War in East Central Europe / Maciej Górny -- Beyond Comparison? The Challenges of Applying Comparative Historical Research to Violence / Julia Eichenberg
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- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 1918-1945.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Europe, Eastern -- Influence.
- Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945.
- Europe, Eastern -- History, Military -- 20th century.
- Civilians in war -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.
- Violence -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.