Total Wars and the Making of Modern Ukraine, 1914-1954 by George Liber (English)

Description: Total Wars and the Making of Modern Ukraine, 1914-1954 by George Liber Libers book will transform our understanding of the entangled histories of Ukraine, the USSR, Germany, and East Central Europe in the twentieth century. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Between 1914 and 1954, the Ukrainian-speaking territories in East Central Europe suffered almost 15 million "excess deaths" as well as numerous large-scale evacuations and forced population transfers. These losses were the devastating consequences of the two world wars, revolutions, famines, genocidal campaigns, and purges that wracked Europe in the first half of the twentieth century and spread new ideas, created new political and economic systems, and crafted new identities.In Total Wars and the Making of Modern Ukraine, 1914-1954, George O. Liber argues that the continuous violence of the world wars and interwar years transformed the Ukrainian-speaking population of East Central Europe into self-conscious Ukrainians. Wars, mass killings, and forced modernization drives made and re-made Ukraines boundaries, institutionalized its national identities, and pruned its population according to various state-sponsored political, racial, and social ideologies. In short, the two world wars, the Holodomor, and the Holocaust played critical roles in forming todays Ukraine.A landmark study of the terrifying scope and paradoxical consequences of mass violence in Europes bloodlands, Libers book will transform our understanding of the entangled histories of Ukraine, the USSR, Germany, and East Central Europe in the twentieth century. Author Biography George O. Liber is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Table of Contents Note to ReadersNote on Ukraines Administrative Territorial StructureRussian, Soviet, and Ukrainian MeasurementsMapsIntroduction1. The Ukrainian-Speaking Provinces before the Great WarPART ONE: THE FIRST TOTAL WAR AND ITS AFTERSHOCKS2. The First World War and Imperial Convulsions3. Political Collapse, Revolutions, and Social Upheavals, 1917–19234. Ukrainian Movements in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania, 1918–1939PART TWO: THE SECOND TOTAL WAR: SOCIAL ENGINEERING5. Soviet Ukraine in the 1920s: Managed Diversity6. Hypercentralization, Industrialization, and the Grain Front, 1927–19347 Hypercentralization and the Political / Cultural Fronts, 1929–1941PART THREE: THE THIRD TOTAL WAR AND ITS CONSEQUENCES8 The Second World War: The Killing Fields9 Stalins Ukraine, 1945–1954Conclusion Review This book ought to be studies by citizens everywhere who seek to understand the long duration of the current Ukrainian crisis. -- Alan Kimball * The Russian Review vol 76:02:2017 *Outstanding rated title. Essential addition to most library collections. This volume is recommended for libraries with a strong AP history population or those libraries with a significant Ukrainian population… Students can utilize the material for research purpose. -- Annemarie Roscello * American Association of School Librarians *Outstanding rated title. Essential addition to most library collections. This volume is recommended for libraries with a strong AP history population or those libraries with a significant Ukrainian population… Students can utilize the material for research purpose. -- Annemarie Roscello * American Association of School Librarians *"George O. Libers Total Wars and the Making of Modern Ukraine, 1914-1954, is a detailed, often very competent and thoughtful synthesis…At its best, Total Wars handles great complexity impressively…it is often a very useful survey of a history whose complexities need to be confronted even-handedly and also always directly." -- Tarik Cyril Amar * The American Historical Review, Volume 122, Issue 4, 1 October 2017 *"Liber [advances] a sophisticated argument about the role of wartime violence in the shaping of a modern Ukrainian identity... This excellent book will be of interest to an academic and general audience alike." -- Sery Yekelchyk, University of Victoria * University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018 *"This extensive study of forty years of Ukrainian history provides a missing link between authoritative textbooks of Ukrainian history and monographs analyzing Ukraines importance as a geographical flashpoint." -- Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon, Lee College * East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies, vol VI, 1 *"Libers landmark study paves the way to a new understanding of the intertwined histories of Ukraine, the USSR, Germany, and East Central Europe in the twentieth century." -- Oleksandr Zaitsev, Ukrainian Catholic University * Harvard Ukrainian Studies * Promotional "Total Wars and the Making of Modern Ukraine, 1914-1954 is a persuasive synthesis of the modern Ukrainian historical experience. Instead of defending or condemning that experience, Liber shows how Ukraine came to assume statehood amidst the turmoil of the violent twentieth century." -- Hiroaki Kuromiya, Department of History, Indiana University "George Liber makes the concept of 1914-1945 as a modern Thirty Years War the fulcrum of a timely and interesting take on Ukrainian history in the first half of the twentieth century." -- Frank Sysyn, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta Long Description Between 1914 and 1954, the Ukrainian-speaking territories in East Central Europe suffered almost 15 million "excess deaths" as well as numerous large-scale evacuations and forced population transfers. These losses were the devastating consequences of the two world wars, revolutions, famines, genocidal campaigns, and purges that wracked Europe in the first half of the twentieth century and spread new ideas, created new political and economic systems, and crafted new identities. In Total Wars and the Making of Modern Ukraine, 1914-1954, George O. Liber argues that the continuous violence of the world wars and interwar years transformed the Ukrainian-speaking population of East Central Europe into self-conscious Ukrainians. Wars, mass killings, and forced modernization drives made and re-made Ukraines boundaries, institutionalized its national identities, and pruned its population according to various state-sponsored political, racial, and social ideologies. In short, the two world wars, the Holodomor, and the Holocaust played critical roles in forming todays Ukraine. A landmark study of the terrifying scope and paradoxical consequences of mass violence in Europes bloodlands, Libers book will transform our understanding of the entangled histories of Ukraine, the USSR, Germany, and East Central Europe in the twentieth century. Review Quote This book ought to be studies by citizens everywhere who seek to understand the long duration of the current Ukrainian crisis. Details ISBN1442627085 Year 2016 ISBN-10 1442627085 ISBN-13 9781442627086 Format Paperback Author George Liber Pages 416 Short Title TOTAL WARS & THE MAKING OF MOD Language English Media Book Publication Date 2016-03-14 UK Release Date 2016-03-14 Imprint University of Toronto Press Place of Publication Toronto Country of Publication Canada Publisher University of Toronto Press DEWEY 947.7084 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2016-03-14 Alternative 9781442649774 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161702478;

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