Eastern Europe category: 1864 books
On the Edge of the Cold War
American Diplomats and Spies in Postwar Prague
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
In 1945, both the U.S. State Department and U.S. Intelligence saw Czechoslovakia as the master key to the balance of power in Europe and as a chessboard for the power-game between East and West. Washington believed that the political scene in Prague was the best available indicator of whether the...
Revolution from Within
The YMCA in Russia’s Ascension to Freedom from Bolshevik Tyranny
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2015
REVOLUTION FROM WITHIN is the story of determination, unlikely partnerships, and concepts that are increasingly relevant worldwide. Freedom, creativity and compassion sit at the heart of this book as the author ties the events from more than a century ago back to parallels occurring today.
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Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
World War II and East-West confrontation redefined borders between Italy and Yugoslavia, reshaped national frontiers and adversely affected political relations. As a result, major quarrels and disputes arose over territorial claims, demarcation of State boundaries, expulsion of national minorities,...
Poland in the Modern World
Beyond Martyrdom
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Poland in the Modern World presents a history of the country from the late nineteenth century to the present, incorporating new perspectives from social and cultural history and positioning it in a broad global context
Challenges traditional accounts Poland that tend to focus on national, political...
States of Obligation
Taxes and Citizenship in the Russian Empire and Early Soviet Republic
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Beginning in the 1860s, the Russian Empire replaced a poll tax system that originated with Peter the Great with a modern system of income and excise taxes. Russia began a transformation of state fiscal power that was also underway across Western Europe and North America. States of Obligation is the...
by Liviu Stoica, Gheorghe Stoica, Gabriela Popa
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
The aim of this book's authors (an architect, a historian and a philologist) is to attempt to remove the shroud of anonymity from the medieval monuments of architecture in the territory of Transylvania and to highlight them. We are firmly conviced that since they belong to the universal heritage...
by Tim Clancy
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
Two decades after the conflict that ravaged the region, Bosnia and Herzegovina has emerged as a unique, dynamic tourism destination. Whether you go in search of bears in the primeval Sutjeska National Park, wander the winding streets of Sarajevo's Turkish quarter or put your feet up in Mostar with...
by Insight Guides
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
With a wonderful coast and unspoiled countryside, Croatia offers the best of both worlds. Add to the mix a sophisticated capital, romantic cities and island-studded seas and you get a perfect European summer destination. Insight Guide Explore Croatia is the ideal pocket companion for your trip: a...
by Insight Guides
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of topinternational destinations. Now with free eBook. Experiencethe best of Warsaw withthis indispensably practical Insight Guides Explore book. From making sure you don't miss out on must-seeattractions like Constitution Square to discovering...
by John Quanrud
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Gjerasim Qiriazi (1858–1894) was an Albanian who lived when Turkey still ruled much of southern Europe. It was a time of great upheaval, as the different peoples of the Ottoman Empire strove for national independence. Born to a poor family, Qiriazi was apprenticed full-time to a shoemaker...
Against Anti-Semitism
An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Polish Writings
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Poland's relationship with its Jewish population has long been a subject of often agonizing debate. In September 1939, there were approximately 3.3 million Jews living in Poland, the largest population in Europe. In May 1945, between 40,000 and 60,000 remained. Most of the Nazi death camps had been...
When Nationalism Began to Hate
Imagining Modern Politics in Nineteenth-Century Poland
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2000
In When Nationalism Began to Hate, Brian Porter offers a challenging new explanation for the emergence of xenophobic, authoritarian nationalism in Europe. He begins by examining the common assumption that nationalist movements by nature draw lines of inclusion and exclusion around social groups, establishing...
Territorial Revisionism and the Allies of Germany in the Second World War
Goals, Expectations, Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
A few years after the Nazis came to power in Germany, an alliance of states and nationalistic movements formed, revolving around the German axis. That alliance, the states involved, and the interplay between their territorial aims and those of Germany during the interwar period and World War II are...
by Jerzy Jedlicki
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Modernism and pessimism seem to go hand in hand. What are the sources of the historical pessimism we see in the legions of writers and thinkers over the past three centuries who saw modern civilization as degenerate and despicable, happily marching to its own doom? Why did so many educated and intelligent...