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Autore |
Ther Philipp |
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The dark side of nation states : ethnic cleansing in modern Europe / / Philipp Ther ; translated from German by Charlotte Kreutzmüller |
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New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : Berghahn, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Collana |
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War and Genocide ; ; Volume 19 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Genocide - Europe - History - 20th century |
Nationalism - Europe - History - 20th century |
History |
Military history |
Europe Ethnic relations History 20th century |
Europe Politics and government 20th century |
Europe History, Military 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Preconditions of Ethnic Cleansing; Chapter 2 - Ethnic Cleansing as an Instrument of International Politics: 1912-25; Chapter 3 - Total War and Total Cleansing: 1938-44; Chapter 4 - The Big Sweep: Postwar Europe and Beyond 1944-48; Chapter 5 - Ghosts of the Past: The Former Yugoslavia and the Caucasus 1991-99; Conclusion and Historical Typology; Acknowledgments; Annotated Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Why was there such a far-reaching consensus concerning the utopian goal of national homogeneity in the first half of the twentieth century? Ethnic cleansing is analyzed here as a result of the formation of democratic nation-states, the international order based on them, and European modernity in general. Almost all mass-scale population removals were rationally and precisely organized and carried out in cold blood, with revenge, hatred and other strong emotions playing only a minor role. This book not only considers the majority of population removals which occurred in Eastern Europe, but i |
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