Columbia History of Eastern Europe In The Twentieth Century
by Joseph Held
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0231076967
- ISBN 13
- 9780231076968
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About This Item
This book is in very good condition. The cover boards have some wear on the front, back, edges and spine. There is little bumping, but some fraying on the cover boards. The pages are crisp, white and clear of any markings. The cover boards have an affixed stamp and signature of the previous owner on the front inside cover board.
"Three times during the twentieth century - in 1918, 1945, and 1981 - Eastern Europe was to be made 'safe for democracy.' The dismantling of the empires of the Habsburgs, Ottoman sultans, Russian tsars, Hitler's Germany, and that of the Soviet Union in the face of the irresistible force of the oppressed nation's quest for democracy has fulfilled the axiomatic ideological position of Western champions of the principle of self-determination of nationalities. Yet even after the overthrow of the most pernicious forms of totalitarianism democracy remains illusory. It may well be asked what factors mitigated against the triumph of democracy after the world wars and to what extent these factors remain relevant today...." - Chapter One from Columbia History of Eastern Europe in The Twentieth Century
"Three times during the twentieth century - in 1918, 1945, and 1981 - Eastern Europe was to be made 'safe for democracy.' The dismantling of the empires of the Habsburgs, Ottoman sultans, Russian tsars, Hitler's Germany, and that of the Soviet Union in the face of the irresistible force of the oppressed nation's quest for democracy has fulfilled the axiomatic ideological position of Western champions of the principle of self-determination of nationalities. Yet even after the overthrow of the most pernicious forms of totalitarianism democracy remains illusory. It may well be asked what factors mitigated against the triumph of democracy after the world wars and to what extent these factors remain relevant today...." - Chapter One from Columbia History of Eastern Europe in The Twentieth Century
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- Bookseller
- Revue & Revalued Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 545
- Title
- Columbia History of Eastern Europe In The Twentieth Century
- Author
- Joseph Held
- Format/Binding
- This binding is tight and solid.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0231076967
- ISBN 13
- 9780231076968
- Publisher
- Columbia Univ@press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- March 1992
- Keywords
- Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia
- Bookseller catalogs
- 20th Century; Historical; European History; Eastern European;
- Size
- Octavo
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