The Politics Of Self-Determination: Remaking Territories And National Identities In Europe, 1917-1923

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.

• | Author: Volker Prott
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 04, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 277 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 0198777841
• | ISBN-13: 9780198777847