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100	1		_aArmour, Ian D., _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA History of Eastern Europe 1918 to the Present : _bModernisation, Ideology and Nationality / _cIan D. Armour.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aLondon, England : _bZed Books, _c2021.
264		2	_a[London, England] : _bBloomsbury Publishing, _c2021
300			_a1 online resource (ix, 463 pages) : _bmaps.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe Making of "Eastern Europe" -- Melting-Pot: Eastern Europe in the First World War -- A New Europe? The Peace Settlement 1918-23 -- Problems of the Interwar Period -- Test-Tube of Ideologies: Communism -- Test-Tube of Ideologies: Conservative Authoritarianism -- Test-Tube of Ideologies: Fascism -- The East European Origins of the Second World War -- Hell's Kitchen: Eastern Europe in the Second World War -- War as Revolution: Political Consequences of the Second World War -- Great Leap Backwards: The Imposition of Communism 1944-48 -- National Communism vs. Stalinism -- The Perils of De-Stalinisation: Poland and Hungary in 1956 -- Last-Chance Saloon? The Prague Spring of -- Absurdistan, or 'Real Existing Socialism' 1968-1980s -- The Solidarity Phenomenon in Poland 1980-89 -- The Bear Vanishes: Gorbachev and the Roots of Revolution 1985-89 -- The Power of the Powerless: The Velvet Revolutions of 1989 -- The Wages of Nationalism: Soviet, Yugoslav and Czech-Slovak Break-Up -- Eastern Europe in the 21st Century: Post-Communist Modernisation -- Eastern Europe in the 21st Century: Nationalism and Geopolitics -- Conclusion: Retirement of a Concept?
506			_aAbstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers.
520			_a"Why is Eastern Europe still different from Western Europe, more than a quarter-century after the collapse of Communism? A History of Eastern Europe 1918 to the Present shows how the roots of this difference are based in Eastern Europe's tortured 20th century. Eastern Europe emerged in 1918 as the 'lands between', new states whose weakness vis-à-vis Germany and Soviet Russia soon became obvious. The region was the main killing-field of the Second World War, which visited unimaginable horrors on its inhabitants before their 'liberation' by the Soviets in 1945. The imposition of Communist dictatorships on the region, ironically, only deepened Eastern Europe's backwardness. Even in the post-Communist period, its problems continue to make it a fertile breeding-ground for nationalism and political extremism. A History of Eastern Europe 1918 to the Present explores the comparative backwardness of Eastern Europe and how this has driven strategies of modernisation; it looks at the ways in which the region has served as a giant test-tube for political experimentation and, in particular, at the enduring strength of nationalism, which since 1989 has re-emerged more virulent than ever. Complete with a useful chronology, maps and a helpful glossary, this book in the essential textbook for any student of 20th-century Eastern Europe"-- _cProvided by publisher.
530			_aAlso published in print.
532	0		_aCompliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
650		7	_aEuropean history _2bicssc
651		0	_aEurope, Eastern _xHistory _y1918-1945 _vTextbooks.
651		0	_aEurope, Eastern _xHistory _y1945- _vTextbooks.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781472508614
856	4	0	_3Abstract with links to full text _uhttps://doi.org/10.5040/9781474203869?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
975			_aBC - Minor Textbooks
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