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Beschreibung

Twilight of Empire is the first book in English to examine the Brest-Litovsk Peace Conference during the later stages of World War I with the use of extensive archival sources. Two separate peace treaties were signed at Brest-Litovsk - the first between the Central Powers and Ukraine and the second between the Central Powers and Bolshevik Russia.

Borislav Chernev, through an insightful and in-depth analysis of primary sources and archival material, argues that although its duration was short lived, the Brest-Litovsk settlement significantly affected the post-Imperial transformation of East Central Europe. The conference became a focal point for the interrelated processes of peacemaking, revolution, imperial collapse, and nation-state creation in the multi-ethnic, entangled spaces of East Central Europe. Chernev’s analysis expands beyond the traditional focus on the German-Russian relationship, paying special attention to the policies of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. The transformations initiated by the Brest-Litovsk conferences ushered in the twilight of empire as the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, and Ottoman Empires all shared the fate of their Romanov counterpart at the end of World War I.

Twilight of Empire is the first book in English to examine the Brest-Litovsk Peace Conference during the later stages of World War I with the use of extensive archival sources. Two separate peace treaties were signed at Brest-Litovsk - the first between the Central Powers and Ukraine and the second between the Central Powers and Bolshevik Russia.

Borislav Chernev, through an insightful and in-depth analysis of primary sources and archival material, argues that although its duration was short lived, the Brest-Litovsk settlement significantly affected the post-Imperial transformation of East Central Europe. The conference became a focal point for the interrelated processes of peacemaking, revolution, imperial collapse, and nation-state creation in the multi-ethnic, entangled spaces of East Central Europe. Chernev’s analysis expands beyond the traditional focus on the German-Russian relationship, paying special attention to the policies of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. The transformations initiated by the Brest-Litovsk conferences ushered in the twilight of empire as the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, and Ottoman Empires all shared the fate of their Romanov counterpart at the end of World War I.

Über den Autor

Borislav Chernev is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Exeter.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration and Place Names

Glossary

Introduction: A Forgotten Peace

Chapter 1: Ostpolitik Meets World Revolution

Chapter 2: Peacemaking and Self-Determination at Brest-Litovsk

Chapter 3: The Great January Strike as a Prelude to Revolution in Austria

Chapter 4: The Brest-Litovsk System and Modern Ukrainian Statehood

Chapter 5: Brest-Litovsk and the Elusive Bulgarian "Dream of Byzantium"

Chapter 6: The Second Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and After

Conclusion: Brest-Litovsk and Europe’s Twentieth Century

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781487524494
ISBN-10: 1487524498
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Chernev, Borislav
Hersteller: University of Toronto Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 226 x 150 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Borislav Chernev
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.05.2019
Gewicht: 0,476 kg
Artikel-ID: 116202263

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