For kin or country xenophobia, nationalism, and war

In addition to economic and political instabilities, the collapse of an empire can result in the division of families and the redrawing of geographical boundaries. This book considers various explanations for the causes of irredentism or for more restrained policy and the legacies of failed irredent...

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Main Author: Saideman, Stephen M.
Other Authors: Ayres, R. William
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Columbia University Press 2008
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Table of Contents:
  • Irredentism and its absence : international pressures versus domestic dynamics
  • Dueling irredentisms : greater Croatia and greater Serbia
  • Reunification at any price : Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
  • Pushing the envelope : Hungary's assertive attention to kin
  • Romania's restraint? : avoiding the worst through domestic scapegoating
  • Breaking up is hard to do : Russia and its kin in the near abroad
  • War and peace in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and beyond
  • Findings and implications.