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 Boeken
Ian D. Armour richt zich op de moderne Europese geschiedenis, met een specifieke focus op de Habsburgse monarchie in de dualistische periode. Zijn academische werk kenmerkt zich door nauwgezet onderzoek naar historische bronnen en methodologieën, en biedt een precieze en analytische benadering om complexe historische processen te begrijpen. Armours wetenschappelijke werk biedt lezers diepgaande inzichten in cruciale periodes van de Europese geschiedenis. Zijn expertise op het gebied van historische bronnen en vaardigheidstraining verrijkt zijn onderwijs en zijn bijdragen aan het vakgebied.
A History of Eastern Europe 1918 to the Present
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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.