Legacies of Violence: Eastern Europe’s First World War

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2014

Legacies of Violence: Eastern Europe’s First World War

Edited by: Jochen Böhler , Wlodzimierz Borodziej and Joachim von Puttkamer

Volume 3 in the series Europas Osten im 20. Jahrhundert

https://doi.org/10.1524/9783486857566

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About this book

The First World War began in the Balkans, and it was fought as fiercely in the East as it was in the West. Fighting persisted in the East for almost a decade, radically transforming the political and social order of the entire continent. The specifics of the Eastern war such as mass deportations, ethnic cleansing, and the radicalization of military, paramilitary and revolutionary violence have only recently become the focus of historical research. This volume situates the ‘Long First World War’ on the Eastern Front (1912–1923) in the hundred years from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century and explores the legacies of violence within this context.

Content

Jochen Böhler/Włodzimierz Borodziej/Joachim von Puttkamer: Introduction

I. A World in Transition
Joachim von Puttkamer: Collapse and Restoration. Politics and the Strains of War in Eastern Europe
Mark Biondich: Eastern Borderlands and Prospective Shatter Zones. Identity and Conflict in East Central and Southeastern Europe on the Eve of the First World War
Jochen Böhler: Generals and Warlords, Revolutionaries and Nation-State Builders. The First World War and its Aftermath in Central and Eastern Europe

II. Occupation
Jonathan E. Gumz: Losing Control. The Norm of Occupation in Eastern Europe during the First World War
Stephan Lehnstaedt: Fluctuating between ‘Utilisation’ and Exploitation. Occupied East Central Europe during the First World War
Robert L. Nelson: Utopias of Open Space. Forced Population Transfer Fantasies during the First World War

III. Radicalization
Maciej Górny: War on Paper? Physical Anthropology in the Service of States and Nations
Piotr J. Wróbel: Foreshadowing the Holocaust. The Wars of 1914–1921 and Anti-Jewish Violence in Central and Eastern Europe
Robert Gerwarth: Fighting the Red Beast. Counter-Revolutionary Violence in the Defeated States of Central Europe

IV. Aftermath
Julia Eichenberg: Consent, Coercion and Endurance in Eastern Europe. Poland and the Fluidity of War Experiences
Philipp Ther: Pre-negotiated Violence. Ethnic Cleansing in the ‘Long’ First World War
Dietrich Beyrau: The Long Shadow of the Revolution. Violence in War and Peace in the Soviet Union

Commentary
Jörn Leonhard: Legacies of Violence: Eastern Europe’s First World War – A Commentary from a Comparative Perspective

Osteuropäische Perspektiven auf den Ersten Weltkrieg

Author / Editor information

Jochen Böhler, Włodzimierz Borodziej, and Joachim von Puttkamer, Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. A World in Transition
Collapse and Restoration Politics and the Strains of War in Eastern Europe Joachim von Puttkamer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Eastern Borderlands and Prospective Shatter Zones Identity and Conflict in East Central and Southeastern Europe on the Eve of the First World War Mark Biondich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Generals and Warlords, Revolutionaries and Nation-State Builders The First World War and its Aftermath in Central and Eastern Europe Jochen Böhler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
II. Occupation
Losing Control The Norm of Occupation in Eastern Europe during the First World War Jonathan E. Gumz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Fluctuating between ‘Utilisation’ and Exploitation Occupied East Central Europe during the First World War Stephan Lehnstaedt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Utopias of Open Space Forced Population Transfer Fantasies during the First World War Robert L. Nelson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
III. Radicalization
War on Paper? Physical Anthropology in the Service of States and Nations Maciej Górny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Foreshadowing the Holocaust The Wars of 1914–1921 and Anti-Jewish Violence in Central and Eastern Europe Piotr J. Wróbel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Fighting the Red Beast Counter-Revolutionary Violence in the Defeated States of Central Europe Robert Gerwarth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
IV. Aftermath
Consent, Coercion and Endurance in Eastern Europe Poland and the Fluidity of War Experiences Julia Eichenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Pre-negotiated Violence Ethnic Cleansing in the ‘Long’ First World War Philipp Ther Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
The Long Shadow of the Revolution Violence in War and Peace in the Soviet Union Dietrich Beyrau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Commentary
Legacies of Violence Eastern Europe’s First World War – A Commentary from a Comparative Perspective Jörn Leonhard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Historians interested in Contemporary History
Pages
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