The Routledge History Handbook of Central and Eastern Europe ... - 9781138301672

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The Routledge History Handbook of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth CenturyVolume 4: Violence\nAuthor(s): Jochen Bhler, W?odzimierz Borodziej, Joachim von Puttkamer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138301672, 978-1138301672\nSynopsis\nViolence analyzes both the violence exerted on the societies of Central and Eastern Europe during the twentieth century by belligerent powers and authoritarian and/or totalitarian regimes and armed conflicts between ethnic, social and national groups, as well as the interaction between these two phenomena.\n\nThroughout the twentieth century, Central and Eastern Europe was hit particularly hard by war, violence and repression, with armed conflicts in the Balkans at the start and end of the period and two world wars in between. In the shadow of these full-scale wars, ethnic, social and national conflicts were intensified, found new forms and were violently played out. The i.