The dark side of nation-states : ethnic cleansing in modern Europe
Philipp Ther
Bok · Engelsk · 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Medvirkende | Kreutzmüller, Charlotte (translator.)
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| Utgitt | New York : Berghahn Books , 2014
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| Omfang | VI, 281 s.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Preconditions of Ethnic Cleansing; Chapter 2 - Ethnic Cleansing as an Instrument of International Politics: 1912-25; Chapter 3 - Total War and Total Cleansing: 1938-44; Chapter 4 - The Big Sweep: Postwar Europe and Beyond 1944-48; Chapter 5 - Ghosts of the Past: The Former Yugoslavia and the Caucasus 1991-99; Conclusion and Historical Typology; Acknowledgments; Annotated Bibliography; Index. - Why was there such a far-reaching consensus concerning the utopian goal of national homogeneity in the first half of the twentieth century? Ethnic cleansing is analyzed here as a result of the formation of democratic nation-states, the international order based on them, and European modernity in general. Almost all mass-scale population removals were rationally and precisely organized and carried out in cold blood, with revenge, hatred and other strong emotions playing only a minor role. This book not only considers the majority of population removals which occurred in Eastern Europe, but i
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| Emner | Genocide - History - Europe
Nationalism - History - Europe Etnisk rensning Etniske grupper Vis mer... Folkemord
Nasjonalisme Politikk Repatriering etnisk rensing nasjonalisme folkemord 1900-tallet etnisitet etniske grupper |
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| ISBN | 9781782383024. - 9781785331954
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