The Dark Side of Nation-States - Ethnic Cleansing in Modern Europe (Hardcover, Annotated edition)

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 is also an encompassing, comparative study including Western Europe, interrogating the motivations of Western statesmen and their involvement in large-scale population removals. It also reaches beyond the European continent and considers the reverberations of colonial rule and ethnic cleansing in the former British colonies.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	War and Genocide
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	May 2014
Authors:	Philipp Ther
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
Edition:	Annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78238-302-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > War crimes > Genocide Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	1-78238-302-6
Barcode:	9781782383024

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