Germany's role as a major military and imperial power, industrialiastion and the economy, the crucial effects of the war years and the disturbing evidence that Germany's response to Hitler is to be found in the Wilhelmine era.
Ian D Armour Livres
Ian D. Armour se concentre sur l'histoire européenne moderne, avec un accent particulier sur la Monarchie des Habsbourg pendant la période dualiste. Son travail universitaire se caractérise par une recherche méticuleuse de sources et de méthodologies historiques, offrant une approche précise et analytique pour comprendre des processus historiques complexes. Les travaux d'Armour offrent aux lecteurs des aperçus approfondis sur des époques cruciales de l'histoire européenne. Son expertise en matière de sources historiques et de formation aux compétences enrichit son enseignement et ses contributions au domaine.
A History of Eastern Europe 1918 to the Present
- 432pages
- 16 heures de lecture
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. This book in the essential textbook for any student of 20th-century Eastern Europe.