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War in peace: paramilitary violence in Europe after the Great War

Robert Gerwarth and John Horne 2013 © Oxford University Press

ISBN(s)

9780191744273 (ebook)
9780199686056 (paper)
9780199654918 (hardcover)

Subject

Military History

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Frontmatter
List of Illustrations (page ix)
List of Maps (page x)
List of Contributors (page xi)
1. Paramilitarism in Europe after the Great War: An Introduction (Robert Gerwarth and John Horne, page 1)
PART I. REVOLUTION AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION
2. Paramilitary Violence in Russia's Civil Wars, 1918-1920 (William G. Rosenberg, page 21)
3. Bolshevism as Fantasy: Fear of Revolution and Counter-Revolutionary Violence, 1917-1923 (Robert Gerwarth and John Horne, page 40)
4. Fighting the Red Beast: Counter-Revolutionary Violence in the Defeated States of Central Europe (Robert Gerwarth, page 52)
5. Revolution, Civil War, and Terror in Finland in 1918 (Pertti Haapala and Marko Tikka, page 72)
6. Paramilitary Violence in Italy: The Rationale of Fascism and the Origins of Totalitarianism (Emilio Gentile, page 85)
PART II. NATIONS, BORDERLANDS AND ETHNIC VIOLENCE
7. Bands of Nation Builders? Insurgency and Ideology in the Ukrainian Civil War (Serhy Yekelchyck, page 107)
8. Turning Citizens into Soldiers: Baltic Paramilitary Movements after the Great War (Tomas Balkelis, page 126)
9. The Origins, Attributes, and Legacies of Paramilitary Violence in the Balkans (John Paul Newman, page 145)
10. Paramilitary Violence in the Collapsing Ottoman Empire (Uğur Ümit Üngör, page 164)
11. Soldiers to Civilians, Civilians to Soldiers: Poland and Ireland after the First World War (Julia Eichenberg, page 184)
12. The British Culture of Paramilitary Violence in the Irish War of Independence (Anne Dolan, page 200)
13. Defending Victory: Paramilitary Politics in France, 1918-1926. A Counter-example (John Horne, page 216)
Index (page 235)