Redrawing Nations: Ethnic Cleansing in East-Central Europe, 1944-1948
Author(s): Philipp Ther University of Vienna author of <i>The Dark Side of Nation States: Ethnic Cleansing in Modern… (Editor), Ana Siljak (Editor), Arnd Bauerkamper (Contributor), Benjamin Frommer (Contributor), Eagle Glassheim (Contributor), Stanislaw Jankowiak (Contributor), Marek Jasiak (Contributor), Krystyna Kersten (Contributor), Jerzy Kochanowski (Contributor), Claudia Kraft (Contributor), Mark Kramer (Contributor), Bernard Linek (Contributor), Zdenek Radvanovsky (Contributor), Rainer Schulze (Contributor), Orest Subtelny (Contributor), Manfred Wille (Contributor)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Publication Date: 19 Nov. 2001
Language: English
Print length: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 074251093X
ISBN-13: 9780742510937
Book Description
After World War II, some 12 million Germans, 3 million Poles and Ukrainians, and tens of thousands of Hungarians were expelled from their homes and forced to migrate to their supposed countries of origin. Using freshly available materials from Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Czechoslovak, German, British, and American archives, the contributors to this book provide a sweeping, detailed account of the turmoil caused by the huge wave of forced migration during the nascent Cold War. The book also documents the deep and lasting political, social, and economic consequences of this traumatic time, raising difficult questions about the effect of forced migration on postwar reconstruction, the rise of Communism, and the growing tensions between Western Europe and the Eastern bloc. Those interested in European Cold-War history will find this book indispensable for understanding the profound–but hitherto little known–upheavals caused by the massive ethnic cleansing that took place from 1944 to 1948.
Editorial Reviews
Review
A terrific compendium. There is nothing like this important and extremely useful book available in English. The archival work is pioneering, and the insights gleaned from the archives help us all understand better the much-underrated significance of the issues related to the deportation of Germans, Ukrainians, and Poles from their homelands in post-World War II East-Central Europe.–Norman Naimark, Stanford University
Redrawing Nations offers a useful overview of a difficult part of the Cold War puzzle, thanks to two excellent introductions and several highly instructive essays.–Padraic Kenney “Journal of Cold War Studies “
Powerful. . . . These compelling essays . . . incorporate new archival researches and transnational historiographic reflection, and the authors consistently underscore the broader implications of the expulsion, resettlement, and awkward integration of millions of people for our understanding of nation building and global political strategies.–CHOICE
About the Author
Philipp Ther is professor in the Department of History and Civilisation at the European University Institute. Ana Siljak is managing editor of the Journal of Cold War Studies.
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