1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793089503321

Autore

Chernev Borislav

Titolo

Twilight of Empire : The Brest-Litovsk Conference and the Remaking of East-Central Europe, 1917–1918 / / Borislav Chernev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]

©2017

ISBN

1-4875-1335-6

1-4875-1334-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

940.5

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Peace

World War, 1914-1918 - Europe, Central

World War, 1914-1918 - Europe, Eastern

Electronic books.

Europe, Central

Europe, Eastern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: a forgotten peace -- Ostpolitik meets world revolution -- Peacemaking and self-determination at Brest-Litovsk -- The Great January Strike as a prelude to revolution in Austria -- The Brest-Litovsk system and modern Ukrainian statehood -- Brest-Litovsk and the elusive Bulgarian "dream of Byzantium" -- The second treaty of Brest-Litovsk and after -- Conclusion: Brest-Litovsk and Europe's twentieth century.

Sommario/riassunto

Twilight of Empire is the first book in English to examine the Brest-Litovsk Peace Conference during the later stages of World War I with the use of extensive archival sources. Two separate peace treaties were signed at Brest-Litovsk -- the first between the Central Powers and Ukraine and the second between the Central Powers and Bolshevik Russia. Borislav Chernev, through an insightful and in-depth analysis of primary sources and archival material, argues that although its duration was short lived, the Brest-Litovsk settlement significantly affected the post-Imperial transformation of East Central Europe. The conference



became a focal point for the interrelated processes of peacemaking, revolution, imperial collapse, and nation-state creation in the multi-ethnic, entangled spaces of East Central Europe. Chernev's analysis expands beyond the traditional focus on the German-Russian relationship, paying special attention to the policies of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. The transformations initiated by the Brest-Litovsk conferences ushered in the twilight of empire as the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, and Ottoman Empires all shared the fate of their Romanov counterpart at the end of World War I.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248009803316

Autore

Solnick Steven Lee

Titolo

Stealing the state : control and collapse in Soviet institutions / / Steven L. Solnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1999, c1998

ISBN

0-674-83681-2

0-674-83680-4

Edizione

[1st pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 337 p. ) : ill. ;

Collana

Russian Research Center studies  Stealing the state

Russian Research Center studies ; ; 89

Disciplina

338.947

Soggetti

Institutional economics

Organizational change - Soviet Union

Political culture - Soviet Union

Perestroĭka

Institutional economics - Soviet Union

Political culture

Perestroæika

Business & Economics

Economic Theory

Soviet Union Social conditions 1970-1991

Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-328) and index.