Table of Contents

1: Introduction
2: Older Legacies Before 1800
3: Influences of the Enlightenment and Romanticism, 1800-1830
4: Genesis and Creation, 1830-1871
5: Age of Empire, 1871-1914
6: The First World War and Aftermath
7: Nazi Visions of the East
8: Nightmare of the Advancing East, 1943-1955
9: Cold War
10: After the Wall Came Down

About the Author

Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius is the author of War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I (2000). He has been awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Reviews

A captivating read and may be recommended as an overview to both students and researchers of east European and German history.
*Jan C. Behrends, Slavic Review*

lucidly written, well-researched and far-ranging
*William W. Hagen, Central European History*