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The Dark Side of Nation-States: Ethnic Cleansing in Modern Europe
Philipp Ther
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Description for The Dark Side of Nation-States: Ethnic Cleansing in Modern Europe
Paperback. An encompassing, comparative study of all major cases of ethnic cleansing in modern Europe and contains case studies from global history. Based on literature and sources collected from all the countries that were affected by ethnic cleansing. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
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 is also an encompassing, comparative study including Western Europe, ... Read more
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 is also an encompassing, comparative study including Western Europe, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
War and Genocide
Condition
New
Weight
392g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785331954
SKU
V9781785331954
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About Philipp Ther
Philipp Ther holds a Chair of Central European History at the University of Vienna. Previously he was a professor of comparative European history at the EUI in Florence. He has published and edited several books on ethnic cleansing, including Redrawing Nations: Ethnic Cleansing in East-Central Europe 1944-1948 (co-edited with A. Siljak; Rowman and Littlefield, 2001). He also co-edited Robbery and ... Read more
Reviews for The Dark Side of Nation-States: Ethnic Cleansing in Modern Europe
This instructive text offers a useful analysis of ethnic cleansing that drills into acts often conflated with genocide... Neatly written in a case study style, the chapters help readers understand the complex interplay of cultural bias and the politics of nation-states... The annotated bibliography that concludes the text is excellent, providing a range of sources that touch on country-specific literature ... Read more