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What is Eastern Europe and why is it so culturally and politically separate from the rest of Europe? In Long Awaited West, Stefano Bottoni considers what binds these countries together in an increas……続きを見る

"First-class, rigorously researched, richly documented, and thought-provoking" essays on the consumer experience in socialist Eastern Europe (Graham H. Roberts, author of Material Culture in Russia ……続きを見る

This study of the Antonescu regime's forced-labor system "offers precious insights to historians and social scientists alike" (Dennis Deletant, author of Ion Antonescu: Hitler's Forgotten Ally). Bet……続きを見る

In late 1942 Hitler's forces advanced far into the Caucasus in the southern Soviet Union in one of the most ambitious offensives of the Second World War, but this extraordinary episode is often forg……続きを見る

A primary source account of the WWII Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy written by a Nazi commander who survived the Soviet victory. In 1943, the tide began to turn against Germany on the Eastern Front. The……続きを見る

In this book, noted historian of the Battle of Kursk Valeriy Zamulin, the author of multiple Russian-language books on the Battle of Kursk and Destroying the Myth: The Tank Battle at Prokhorovka, Ku……続きを見る

This essay anthology offers enlightening perspectives on how East-Central Europe was transformed into the "other" Europe during the Cold War era. When the Second World War ended, a new conflict aros……続きを見る

Essays and photos that reveal and reflect on everyday life in socialist Yugoslavia, from tourism to television. Research about socialism and communism tends to focus on official aspects of power and……続きを見る

The compelling history of ten Jewish families rebuilding their lives in Warsaw after the Holocaustー"amply illustrated . . . the book reverberates with hope" ( Jewish Book Council). Warsaw, Poland, ……続きを見る

In this "valuable oral history," women who survived the 1995 Srebrenica massacre speak of their lives before, during, and after the Bosnian war ( Publishers Weekly). In July 1995, the Army of the Se……続きを見る

本書所講述的是匈牙利這個神祕國度， 影響了全世界卻不太廣為人知的故事。 ▎你方唱罷我登場：古代匈牙利平原 今天匈牙利國家的主體民族是馬扎爾人，馬扎爾人是來自亞洲內陸草原深處的游牧民族，他們在9世紀末期才……続きを見る

"A shocking story of the fate of Jews in the infamous Slobodka ghetto and the horrors of Auschwitz and Dachau." ーB'nai B'rith Messenger Holocaust survivor Harry Gordon recalls in brutal detail the ……続きを見る

Hailed as among the most important books of the twentieth century, Rebecca West's magnum opus is a history, a travelogue, and a sociological study of Yugoslavia that examines how the past shapes the……続きを見る

This prize-winning study of post-WWII Romania examines the fraught relationship between national heritage and Socialist statecraft. In Socialist Heritage, ethnographer and historian Emanuela Grama e……続きを見る

Essays on how chaos, totalitarianism, and trauma have shaped Ukraine's culture: "A milestone of the scholarship about Eastern European politics of memory." ーWulf Kansteiner, Aarhus University In a ……続きを見る

Graphically describes the appalling hardships faced by German troops on the Eastern Front 1941-1945. Hitler's shock decision to launch the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 was argua……続きを見る

In striking photography and informative text, this volume both celebrates and mourns Eastern European Jewish life of the early- to mid-twentieth century. From Odessa to Budapest, Warsaw, Prague, and……続きを見る

A vivid description of the Russian-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 by Alan Levy, an American journalist who lived there from 1967 to 1971. 続きを見る

The Potsdam Conference (officially known as the "Berlin Conference"), was held from 17 July to 2 August 1945 at Cecilienhof Palace, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm, in Brandenburg, and saw the lead……続きを見る

"Kissinger opted for a strategy of accommodation with Moscow, while Brzezinski, claiming that the very nature of Soviet ideology and policies prevents stability, sought strategies for undermining th……続きを見る

'I did not regard myself as a slacker. Even in childhood I taught myself to carry out tasks entrusted conscientiously and carefully. In war, it is no secret that the casual don't survive'.Yevgeni Ni……続きを見る

"Well researched . . . A major contribution to our understanding of the dilemmas and challenges faced by Czechoslovak Jewry in the interwar period." ーMichael Miller, Central European University In ……続きを見る

This book presents an unconventional history of minority nationalism in interwar Eastern Europe. Focusing on an influential group of grassroots activists, Tatjana Lichtenstein uncovers Zionist proje……続きを見る

The award-winning history of 12 million German-speaking civilians in Europe who were driven from their homes after WWII: "a major achievement" ( New Republic). Immediately after the Second World War……続きを見る

Die Ukraine wird in Geschichte und Gegenwart beschrieben. Die Ost-West-Beziehungen, als Hintergrund des Krieges , werden analysiert – ebenso die innere Entwicklung Russlands zum Putinismus und Neo-I……続きを見る

This Element explains the historical conditions for the seemingly anomalous presence of people outside of 'their own' Soviet republic and the sometimes-fraught consequences for them and their post-S……続きを見る

In "Through Bolshevik Russia," Ethel Snowden offers a vivid and incisive account of her travels through the tumultuous landscape of post-revolutionary Russia. Written in the early 1920s, the narrati……続きを見る

Polens Vergangenheit ist auf vielfältige Weise mit der deutschen verwoben. Dieses Buch beleuchtet knapp und anschaulich die Geschichte eines unserer wichtigsten Nachbarstaaten und bettet sie ein in ……続きを見る

匈牙利是欧洲东部的一个内陆国家，位于多瑙河中游的平原ーー匈牙利平原之上，大致与中国东北处于同一纬度。匈牙利处于东西方文明的交界处，融合了东西方文明的特色。匈牙利是中国人沿“丝绸之路”进入欧洲的第一站，……続きを見る

William Wilkinson's "An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" is a seminal work that provides an intricate examination of two significant yet often overlooked regions in Eastern E……続きを見る