Europe and Ethnicity The First World War and Contemporary Ethnic Conflict [Paperback]

The 1990s have seen an upsurge in ethnic tensions in many parts of Europe. Europe and Ethnicitysuggests the main reasons are to be found in the decisions taken during the first world and at Versailles.
* An introductory chapter analyzes the context of the war with particular reference to regions and states where the national and ethnic questions were particularly complex and intransigent
* Subsequent chapters present case studies from arenas of conflict: Ireland to Yugoslavia; the Middle East to the Baltic states; Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
Europe and Ethnicityconfirms the mixed legacy of the period for the ethnic stability of the areas examined, while taking into account the impact of the Second World War and the ending of the Cold War.Foreword. Otto von Habsburg, MEP1. Introduction Seamus Dunnand T.G.Fraser2. The Genie that would not go back into the Bottle; Ethnic Nationalism, The First World War and the Peace Settlement Alan Sharp3. Yugoslavia: the Search for Nation-State Ann Lane4. From Czechs to Slovaks to Czechoslovakia, and from Czechoslovakia to Czechs and Slovaks W.V.Wallace5. Trentino and Tyrol, from Austrian Crownland to European Region Anthony Alcock6. Hungary: a State Partitioned, a Nation Dismembered Raymond Pearson7. The Ukraine Andrew Wilson8. The Baltic States Ken Ward9. The Middle East: Partition and Reformation T.G.Fraser10. Ireland Seamus Dunnand T. Hennessey11. The Enduring Legacy A.M.Gallagher