Idea of Central Europe
Subtitle: Geopolitics, Culture and Regional Identity
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781784538538
Subjects: Europe, central, history
Description: "Central Europe is one of the key notions of classical geopolitics yet it has always been a somewhat elusive concept. Originally perceived as a plan for a German dominated political and economic union, it subsequently emerged to threaten leaders in the East and West in a variety of forms. Otilia Dhand provides a critical examination of the concept of Central Europe, from its early inception to the present day. Making extensive use of archival material, she shows how successive manifestations of Central Europe - of whatever vintage - have failed to bring about their intended changes on the international structure, and how customary claims about Central Europe are not supported by the original source material. The result is a work of outstanding scholarship that advances our understanding of regionalism and geopolitics in Europe."--Bloomsbury Publishing.