Table of Contents

Introduction Donald Bloxham and Robert Gerwarth; 1. Europe in the world Donald Bloxham, Martin Conway, Robert Gerwarth, A. Dirk Moses and Klaus Weinhauer; 2. War James McMillan; 3. Genocide and ethnic cleansing Donald Bloxham and A. Dirk Moses; 4. Revolution and counterrevolution Martin Conway and Robert Gerwarth; 5. Terrorism and the state Heinz-Gerhard Haupt and Klaus Weinhauer.

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This comprehensive history examines the varied manifestations of political violence in Europe's extremely violent twentieth century.

About the Author

Donald Bloxham is Professor of Modern History at Edinburgh University. He is author of Genocide on Trial (2001), The Great Game of Genocide (2005) and The Final Solution: A Genocide (2009) and is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies (2010). Robert Gerwarth is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for War Studies at University College Dublin. He is the author of The Bismarck Myth (2005), winner of the Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History.

Reviews

'This book is notable for the seamless explanatory linkages it establishes between the many horrific episodes of political violence that characterized the European twentieth century. With impeccable scholarship and deft writing, the authors explore the causes and consequences of war, civil war, terrorism, colonial violence, genocide and ethnic cleansing in a broad geographical setting stretching from the Ottoman Empire and the Caucasus, to Spain and Ireland.' Norman M. Naimark, Stanford University

'So much has been written about the European cataclysm between 1914 and 1945 that essential questions about the origins, evolution and ongoing nature of state (and sometimes anti-state violence) on the twentieth-century continent have often been lost to view. By means of a broader chronology, wider geographical remit and system-centred approach, the team of leading historians who have come together to produce this volume, offer not simply a cogent, incisive and thought-provoking reassessment but actually a new paradigm for the study of modern European violence in a global context.' Mark Levene, University of Southampton