Woodrow Wilson and the Reimagining of Eastern Europe

This book, published in conjunction with the hundredth anniversary of the Paris Peace Conference, traces President Woodrow Wilson's evolving thinking about the principle of national self-determination by closely examining his approach to the remapping of Eastern Europe in the aftermath of World War One.

List of contents

Introduction:

1. Woodrow Wilson, the Eastern Question, and the End of the Ottoman Empire

2. "This War of Emancipation": The Wilsonian Deliverance of the "Enslaved" Habsburg Peoples

3. Wilsonian Friendship: Personal Sympathy and Geopolitical Transformation

4. National Majorities and National Minorities in Wilsonian Eastern Europe

Conclusion: The Dynamics of Wilsonian Mental Mapping

About the author

Larry Wolff is Silver Professor of European History at New York University, Executive Director of the NYU Remarque Institute, and Co-Director of NYU Florence.

Summary

This book, published in conjunction with the hundredth anniversary of the Paris Peace Conference, traces President Woodrow Wilson's evolving thinking about the principle of national self-determination by closely examining his approach to the remapping of Eastern Europe in the aftermath of World War One.

Product details

• Authors: Outmask, Larry Wolff
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781503611184
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1118-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Osteuropa, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, History - General History