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Politics of Self-Determination: Remaking Territories and National Identities in Europe, 1917-1923
Volker Prott
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Description for Politics of Self-Determination: Remaking Territories and National Identities in Europe, 1917-1923
hardcover. Addresses the pitfalls of border drawing in post-WWI Europe, arguing that at international and local levels, the 'temptation of violence' made national self-determination problematic, as local elites, administrations, and paramilitary leaders used ethnic notions of identity to mobilise popular support under a guise of international legitimacy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
The Politics of Self-Determination examines the territorial restructuring of Europe between 1917 and 1923, when a radically new and highly fragile peace order was established. It opens with an exploration of the peace planning efforts of Great Britain, France, and the United States in the final phase of the First World War. It then provides an in-depth view on the practice of Allied border drawing at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, focussing on a new factor in foreign policymaking-academic experts employed by the three Allied states to aid in peace planning and border drawing. This examination of the international ... Read more
The Politics of Self-Determination examines the territorial restructuring of Europe between 1917 and 1923, when a radically new and highly fragile peace order was established. It opens with an exploration of the peace planning efforts of Great Britain, France, and the United States in the final phase of the First World War. It then provides an in-depth view on the practice of Allied border drawing at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, focussing on a new factor in foreign policymaking-academic experts employed by the three Allied states to aid in peace planning and border drawing. This examination of the international ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press(UK) United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198777847
SKU
V9780198777847
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About Volker Prott
Volker Prott is lecturer in modern European history at the University of Melbourne. His research interests include Franco-German history, the history of the First World War, and the Interwar Period, as well as Cold War history. In particular, his work explores the historical dynamics of nationalism, ethnic violence, expertise, and political decision-making. His research is driven by comparative and transnational ... Read more
Reviews for Politics of Self-Determination: Remaking Territories and National Identities in Europe, 1917-1923
Prott's work has the great merit of theorizing Wilsonian ideology and its application in First World War Europe, combining social and international perspectives and underlining the distance between the original idealism and its pragmatic application. It is undoubtedly based on an enormous amount of archival research. The book represents a sincere attempt at understanding the consequences that national self determination ... Read more