Regime changes in 20th century Europe : reassessed, anticipated and in the making / edited by Marja Vuorinen, Tuomas Kuronen and Aki-Mauri Huhtinen
- Published
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 419 pages)
- Additional Creators
- Vuorinen, Marja, Kuronen, Tuomas, and Huhtinen, Aki
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- Contents
- Introduction; Part I: The End of the Old World; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Part II: Preparations for World War II and the War Period; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Part III: Preparations for Peace during World War II and the Ensuing Cold War; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Part IV: The Post-Soviet Period in Russia and Europe; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Conclusions; Contributors
- Summary
- In retrospect, historical change often appears to be both logical and inevitable. Yet, as a process, as a series of moments, it is by nature open-ended. The protagonists are unaware of the potential consequences of their choices, as well as the meaning of their actions in the greater scheme of things. An individual, in real time and in the middle of events, has little scope for understanding the whole. The dynamic of a regime change involves a journey away from a particular past towards a chosen future, while the practices of the old regime are called into question. The competing visions for a.
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- ISBN
- 9781443856133 (electronic bk.)
1443856134 (electronic bk.)
1443899348
9781443899345 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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