War in peace paramilitary violence in Europe after the Great War / edited by Robert Gerwarth and John Horne.

Other author Gerwarth, Robert.
Other author Horne, John, 1949-
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoOxford : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxii, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book
Subjects
Military history, Modern--20th century.
Paramilitary forces--Europe. --History. --20th century.
Political violence--Europe. --History. --20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Territorial questions. --Europe.
World War, 1914-1918--Peace.
Europe--History. --Autonomy and independence movements.
Europe--Politics and government. --1918-1945.

Portion of title Paramilitary violence in Europe after the Great War
SeriesThe greater war
Greater war. ^A1145031
Contents Paramilitarism in Europe after the Great War: an introduction / Robert Gerwarth and John Horne -- PART I: REVOLUTION AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION -- The syndrome of violence in Russia's civil wars, 1918-1920 / William G. Rosenberg -- Bolshevism as fantasy: fear of revolution and counter-revolutionary violence, 1917-23 / Robert Gerwarth and John Horne -- Fighting the red beast: counterrevolutionary violence in the defeated states of central Europe / Robert Gerwarth -- Revolution, civil war, and terror in Finland in 1918 / Pertti Haapala and Marko Tikka -- Paramilitary violence in Italy: the rationale of fascism and the origins of totalitarianism / Emilio Gentile -- PART II: NATIONS, BORDERLANDS, AND ETHNIC VIOLENCE -- Bands of nation builders? Insurgency and ideology in the Ukrainian civil war / Serhy Yekelchyk -- Turning citizens into soldiers: Baltic paramilitary movements after the Great War / Tomas Balkelis -- The origins, attributes and legacies of paramilitary violence in the Balkans / John Paul Newman -- Paramilitary violence in the collapsing Ottoman Empire / Uğur Ümit Ungör -- Soldiers to civilians, civilians to soldiers: Poland and Ireland after the first world war / Julia Eichenberg -- The British culture of paramilitary violence in the Irish War of Independence / Anne Dolan -- Defending victory: paramilitary politics in France, 1918-26. A counter-example / JOhn Horne.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN9780199654918 (hbk.)
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