The politics of self-determination [electronic resource] : remaking territories and national identities in Europe, 1917-1923 / Volker Prott.

First edition.

9780191823312 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

English

1 online resource (vi, 266 pages)

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198777847 doi

D727 .P76 2016eb

911.409041

This text addresses the pitfalls of border drawing in post-WWI Europe, arguing that at international and local levels, the 'temptation of violence' made national self-determination problematic, as local elites, administrations and paramilitary leaders used ethnic notions of identity to mobilise popular support under a guise of international legitimacy.

This text addresses the pitfalls of border drawing in post-WWI Europe, arguing that at international and local levels, the 'temptation of violence' made national self-determination problematic, as local elites, administrations and paramilitary leaders used ethnic notions of identity to mobilise popular support under a guise of international legitimacy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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