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In the Shadow of the Great War

Physical Violence in East-Central Europe, 1917–1923

Ota Konrád editor Jochen Böhler editor Rudolf Kučera editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Published:10th Nov '23

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Whether victorious or not, Central European states faced fundamental challenges after the First World War as they struggled to contain ongoing violence and forge peaceful societies. This collection explores the various forms of violence these nations confronted during this period, which effectively transformed the region into a laboratory for state-building. Employing a bottom-up approach to understanding everyday life, these studies trace the contours of individual and mass violence in the interwar era while illuminating their effects upon politics, intellectual developments, and the arts.

“Overall, the volume offers a broad panorama of the history of violence in East Central Europe. The individual essays are thematically diverse and offer an excellent synthesis of multilingual sources of research literature and theory.”• H-Soz-Kult

“This is an excellent collection of high-quality essays on a topic that is at the cutting edge of the field and which builds on a fast-growing interest in the impacts of the First World War.”• Roland Clark, University of Liverpool

ISBN: 9781805391289

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236 pages