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The dark side of nation-states : ethnic cleansing in modern Europe / Philipp Ther ; translated from German by Charlotte Kreutzmüller.

Author/creator Ther, Philipp
Other author/creatorHughes-Kreutzmuller, Charlotte.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : Berghahn Books, [2014]
Descriptionvi, 281 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Uniform titleDunkle Seite der Nationalstaaten. English
Series War and Genocide ; volume 19
Contents 1. Preconditions of ethnic cleansing -- The ideology of modern nationalism -- The nation-state in theory and practice -- "Minority problems" -- European modernity -- Christian intolerance -- Part II. Phases and agents of ethnic cleansing -- 2. Ethnic cleansing as an instrument of international politics (1912-25) -- The Balkan Wars and their consequences -- Deportations in World War I -- Postwar migrations -- Triage in Alsace -- The protection and reduction of minorities in the Paris Peace Treaties -- The Treaty of Lausanne -- 3. Total war and total cleansings (1938-44) -- From the Munich Agreement to World War I -- Heim ins Reich -- Under Nazi occupation -- Soviet ethnic cleansing -- Wars within the war : the Ukrainian-Polish and the Serbo-Croatian Conflict -- More cases in Germany's sphere of influence -- Ethnic cleansing of Jews -- 4. A clean new order in Europe (1944-50) -- Allies plans -- Poland and Czechoslovakia -- More cases in the Soviet sphere of influence -- At the former lines of the Cold War -- On the British track : India and Palestine -- Part III. Ghosts of the past -- 5. The former Yugoslavia and the Caucasus (1991-99) -- The breakup of Yugoslavia -- Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina -- Kosovo -- Conflicts in the Caucasus compared -- Conclusion and historical typology -- Annotated bibliography -- Comprehensive histories of ethnic cleansing -- Literature on the resettlement of ethnically cleansed regions -- Literature on remembrance and collective memory -- Literature on individual countries.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013033635
ISBN9781782383024 (hardback : alkaline paper)

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