Europe and Ethnicity: The First World War and Contemporary Ethnic ConflictSeamus Dunn, T. G. Fraser The 1990s have seen an upsurge in ethnic tensions in many parts of Europe. One cause of much of this conflict has been the collapse of the Soviet order. Europe and Ethnicity suggests more significant reasons are to be found in the decisions taken during the First World War and at Versailles.An introductory chapter analyzes the context of the war with particular reference to regions and states where the national and ethnic questions were particularly complex and intransigent. Subsequent chapters present case studies from arenas of conflict: Ireland to Yugoslavia; the Middle East to the Baltic states; Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Europe and Ethnicity confirms the mixed legacy of the period for the ethnic stability of the areas examined, while taking into account the impact of the Second World War and the ending of the Cold War. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The genie that would not go back into the bottle National selfdetermination and the legacy of the First World War and the Peace Settlement | 10 |
Yugoslavia The search for a nationstate | 30 |
From Czechs and Slovaks to Czechoslovakia and from Czechoslovakia to Czechs and Slovaks | 47 |
Trentino and Tyrol From Austrian Crownland to European Region | 67 |
Hungary A state truncated a nation dismembered | 88 |
Ukraine Between Eurasia and the West | 110 |
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