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The collapse of an empire can result in the division of families
and the redrawing of geographical boundaries. New leaders promise
the return of people and territories that may have been lost in the
past, often advocating aggressive foreign policies that can result
in costly and devastating wars. The final years of the
Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires, the end of European
colonization in Africa and Asia, and the demise of the Soviet Union
were all accompanied by war and atrocity. These efforts to reunite
lost kin are known as irredentism-territorial claims based on
shared ethnic ties made by one state to a minority population
residing within another state. For Kin or Country explores this
phenomenon, investigating why the collapse of communism prompted
more violence in some instances and less violence in others.
Despite the tremendous political and economic difficulties facing
all former communist states during their transition to a market
democracy, only Armenia, Croatia, and Serbia tried to upset
existing boundaries. Hungary, Romania, and Russia practiced much
more restraint. The authors examine various explanations for the
causes of irredentism and for the pursuit of less antagonistic
policies, including the efforts by Western Europe to tame Eastern
Europe. Ultimately, the authors find that internal forces drive
irredentist policy even at the risk of a country's self-destruction
and that xenophobia may have actually worked to stabilize many
postcommunist states in Eastern Europe. Events in Russia and
Eastern Europe in 2014 have again brought irredentism into the
headlines. In a new Introduction, the authors address some of the
events and dynamics that have developed since the original version
of the book was published. By focusing on how nationalist identity
interact with the interests of politicians, For Kin or Country
explains why some states engage in aggressive irredentism and when
others forgo those opportunities that is as relevant to Russia and
Ukraine in 2014 as it was for Serbia, Croatia, and Armenia in the
1990s.
The collapse of an empire can result in the division of families
and the redrawing of geographical boundaries. New leaders promise
the return of people and territories that may have been lost in the
past, often advocating aggressive foreign policies that can result
in costly and devastating wars. The final years of the
Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires, the end of European
colonization in Africa and Asia, and the demise of the Soviet Union
were all accompanied by war and atrocity. These efforts to reunite
lost kin are known as irredentism-territorial claims based on
shared ethnic ties made by one state to a minority population
residing within another state. For Kin or Country explores this
phenomenon, investigating why the collapse of communism prompted
more violence in some instances and less violence in others.
Despite the tremendous political and economic difficulties facing
all former communist states during their transition to a market
democracy, only Armenia, Croatia, and Serbia tried to upset
existing boundaries. Hungary, Romania, and Russia practiced much
more restraint. The authors examine various explanations for the
causes of irredentism and for the pursuit of less antagonistic
policies, including the efforts by Western Europe to tame Eastern
Europe. Ultimately, the authors find that internal forces drive
irredentist policy even at the risk of a country's self-destruction
and that xenophobia may have actually worked to stabilize many
postcommunist states in Eastern Europe. Events in Russia and
Eastern Europe in 2014 have again brought irredentism into the
headlines. In a new Introduction, the authors address some of the
events and dynamics that have developed since the original version
of the book was published. By focusing on how nationalist identity
interact with the interests of politicians, For Kin or Country
explains why some states engage in aggressive irredentism and when
others forgo those opportunities that is as relevant to Russia and
Ukraine in 2014 as it was for Serbia, Croatia, and Armenia in the
1990s.
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