{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-the-great-war-physical-violence-in-east-central-europe-1917-1923-9781805391289","title":"In the Shadow of the Great War: Physical Violence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWhether victorious or not, Central European states faced fundamental challenges after the First World War as they struggled to contain ongoing violence and forge peaceful societies. This collection explores the various forms of violence these nations confronted during this period, which effectively transformed the region into a laboratory for state-building. Employing a bottom-up approach to understanding everyday life, these studies trace the contours of individual and mass violence in the interwar era while illuminating their effects upon politics, intellectual developments, and the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Overall, the volume offers a broad panorama of the history of violence in East Central Europe. The individual essays are thematically diverse and offer an excellent synthesis of multilingual sources of research literature and theory.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• H-Soz-Kult\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an excellent collection of high-quality essays on a topic that is at the cutting edge of the field and which builds on a fast-growing interest in the impacts of the First World War.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Roland Clark\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Liverpool\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJochen Böhler, Ota Konrád and Rudolf Kučera\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Baltikumer: Collective Violence and German Paramilitaries after 1918\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMathias Voigtmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Pogroms and Imposture: The Violent Self-Formation of Ukrainian Warlords\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristopher Gilley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Toward an Interactional Theory of Sexual Violence: The White Terror in Hungary between 1919 and 1921\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBéla Bodó\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Many Lives of Mrs. Hamburger: Gender, Violence, and Counter-Revolution, 1919–1930\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEmily R. Gioielli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e “A Little Murderous Party”: Poland after the First World War in the Works of Joseph Roth\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWinson Chu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Suicide Discourses: The Austrian Example in the International Context from World War I to the 1930s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHannes Leidinger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The “Healthy Nerves” of the Nation: War Neuroses in Austria-Hungary and its Successor States\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMaciej Górny\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Forging a “Winning Spirit”: The North American YMCA and the Czechoslovak Army 1918–1921\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOndřej Matějka\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e When the Defeated Become Victorious: Averting Violence with Football in Post-1918 Romania\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCătălin Parfene\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword:\u003c\/strong\u003e The End of the Great War and Postwar Problems—Research Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBoris Barth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042814820695,"sku":"9781805391289","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781805391289.jpg?v=1750955761","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-the-great-war-physical-violence-in-east-central-europe-1917-1923-9781805391289","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}