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Zusatztext War in Peace is a thorough, incisive read for any scholar and enthusiast of 20th century European history ... an ideal book for understanding more about the internecine politics that led to both world wars. Informationen zum Autor Robert Gerwarth was born in Berlin and educated at Oxford where he also held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship. He has been Professor of Modern History at University College Dublin and Director of UCD's Centre for War Studies since 2009. He is the author of several monographs and edited books on modern European history, most recently of a biography on Reinhard Heydrich.John Horne was educated in Australia and Britain, and has taught modern European history for many years at Trinity College Dublin. He has published extensively on French history and on the comparative and transnational history of the Great War. He is a member of the board of the Centre for Research at the Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne, a founder member of EurohistXX, the research consortium in contemporary European history, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. Klappentext Explains why, in many parts of Europe, the end of the Great War brought not peace but continued conflict. Contributes to an understanding of the difficult transition from war to peace and shows how paramilitary violence helped legitimize both fascism and communism, and also many of the new nation-states that emerged from the Great War. essential reading for anyone interested in the way violence at the end of the Great War led into the post-war period with profound and devastating effects. This innovative collection of essays helps shift the centre of gravity of twentieth-century European studies to the east, and does so through illuminating studies of the breakdown of the state's monopoly on violence from Ireland to Turkey and beyond. Jay Winter, Yale University Zusammenfassung Explains why, in many parts of Europe, the end of the Great War brought not peace but continued conflict. Contributes to an understanding of the difficult transition from war to peace and shows how paramilitary violence helped legitimize both fascism and communism, and also many of the new nation-states that emerged from the Great War. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Robert Gerwarth and John Horne: Paramilitarism in Europe after the Great War: An Introduction Part I: Revolution and Counter-Revolution 2: William Rosenberg: Revolution and Counter-Revolution: The Syndrome of Violence in Russia's Civil Wars, 1918-1920 3: Robert Gerwarth and John Horne: Bolshevism as Fantasy: Fear of Revolution and Counter-Revolutionary Violence, 1917-23 4: Robert Gerwarth: Fighting the Red Beast: Counterrevolutionary Violence in the Defeated States of Central Europe 5: Marko Tikka and Pertty Haapala: Revolution, Civil War, and Terror in Finland in 1918 6: Emilio Gentile: Paramilitary Violence in Italy: the Rationale of Fascism and the Origins of Totalitarianism Part II: Nations, Borderlands, and Ethnic Violence 7: Serhy Yekelchyk: Bands of Nation Builders? Insurgency and Ideology in the Ukrainian Civil War 8: Tomas Balkelis: Turning Citizens into Soldiers: Baltic Paramilitary Movements after the Great War 9: John Paul Newman: Paramilitary Violence in the Balkans: Origins and Legacies 10: Ugur Ümit Üngör: Paramilitary Violence in the Collapsing Ottoman Empire 11: Julia Eichenberg: Soldiers to Civilians, Civilians to Soldiers: Poland and Ireland after the First World War 12: Anne Dolan: The British Culture of Paramilitary Violence in the Irish War of Independence 13: John Horne: Defending Victory: Paramilitary Politics in France, 1918-26. A Counter-example ...
