Biography of Sir George Russell
Subtitle: Nation-Building and the Limits of Personal Diplomacy
Publisher: Frank Cass
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780203491447
Subjects: George Russell Clerk
Description: The collapse of single-party dictatorship in Eastern Europe in 1989 and the subsequentdissolution of the Soviet Union itself in 1991 constituted a watershed in the political, economic and military history of Europe, which continues to pose an enormous challengeto that continent in the present century and to the Western alliance, which helped toprotect it. In 1919, the collapse of autocracy and supranational empires in Central andEastern Europe presented the Allied and Associated Powers with unprecedentedopportunity to shape the political and economic construction of the successor states. Inthat.
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Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Untitled; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Empire, world war and a New Europe 1898-1919; 2 Nation-building in the New Europe; 3 Nation-building in the New Europe; 4 Repairing relationships; 5 'Ripe for a mighty enterprise'; 6 The crisis of security; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.