03486nam 2200409 450 991050263540332120230629222543.03-030-84543-5(CKB)4100000012038147(MiAaPQ)EBC6738620(Au-PeEL)EBL6738620(OCoLC)1287137038(EXLCZ)99410000001203814720220627d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA history of Central Europe nations and states since 1848 /Robert C. AustinCham, Switzerland :Palgrave Macmillan,[2021]©20211 online resource (189 pages)Includes index.3-030-84542-7 Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Flashpoints on the Road to 1918 -- Where to Start? -- Towards 1848 -- 1848: The Springtime of (Some) Nations -- German Unification and the Creation of Austria-Hungary -- A War to Save Everything -- Conclusion -- For Further Study -- Books (Fiction and Non-fiction) -- Films -- Chapter 2: The Interwar Failures, 1918-1939 -- Peace Treaties: St. Germain and Trianon -- From Democracy to Dictatorship to Subservience -- Abandoned by the West -- Conclusion -- For Further Study -- Books (Fiction and Non-Fiction) -- Films -- Chapter 3: The Second World War in Central Europe -- German and Soviet Rapprochement -- Life Under Nazi Rule -- Poland Under Soviet Occupation -- Operation Barbarossa -- The Holocaust in Central Europe -- Progression of Holocaust Measures -- Implementation of the Final Solution -- The Enforcement of Nazi Power and Jewish Resistance -- The Fate of Other Minorities Under Nazi Occupation -- Liberation -- Allied Crimes During the Liberation -- Conclusion -- For Further Study -- Books (Fiction and Non-fiction) -- Films -- Chapter 4: Making Most of Central Europe Communist -- Wartime Conferences -- The Nuremberg Trials -- Postwar Refugees and Population Transfers -- The Marshall Plan to Rebuild Europe -- Communist Takeovers -- Conclusion -- For Further Study -- Books (Fiction and Non-Fiction) -- Films -- Chapter 5: Communists in Power, 1948-1988 -- 1956 in Hungary -- Czechoslovakia: 1968 and Normalization -- Poland: Permanent Opposition -- The Soviet Factor -- Conclusion -- For Further Study -- Books (Fiction and Non-fiction) -- Films -- Chapter 6: 1989-2004: Roundtables, Street Protests, and the Long Journey Back to Europe -- Lustration and Transitional Justice -- Joining Europe on Europe's Terms -- Conclusion -- For Further Study.Books (Fiction and Non-fiction) -- Films -- Chapter 7: A New Central Europe or Past as Prologue? -- Past as Prologue? -- External Players -- Conclusion -- For Further Study -- Books (Fiction and Non-fiction) -- Films -- Additional Reading -- Survey Books on Central Europe -- Central Europe: Country-Specific Surveys -- Austria -- Czechoslovakia -- Czech Republic -- Germany -- Hungary -- Poland -- Slovakia -- Index.Europe, CentralHistory19th century943.0009034Austin Robert C(Robert Clegg),1964-1244917MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910502635403321A history of Central Europe2887687UNINA