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

• Autore: Ther Philipp
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : Berghahn, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.6630940904
• Soggetto topico: Genocide - Europe - History - 20th century; Nationalism - Europe - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Ethnic relations History 20th century; Europe Politics and government 20th century; Europe History, Military 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Military history
• Persona (resp. second.): KreutzmüllerCharlotte
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The dark side of nation states
• ISBN: 1-78238-303-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786538303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: War and genocide ; ; Volume 19.