Central Europe : enemies, neighbors, friends
This is a historical survey of Central Europe, a region that encompasses contemporary Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia. Unlike almost all the previous histories of this region, Lonnie Johnson doesn't divide the area into 'west' and 'east', or view it simply as the battlefield of the Cold War. Acknowledging the recent unification of Germany, the demise of the Soviet Union, and the re-asserting of Central Europe as an autonomous region, Johnson instead tells the unique history of the area.; Each chapter is thematically organized around a few key issues or events that are particularly important for developing an understanding of the period addressed. The complexity of Central Europe that stems from its delightful, astonishing, and sometimes perplexing diversity is something all those interested in the area confront. Johnson's lucid, cogent prose helps make clear the competing ideological, national, religious, and economic interests that have driven the history of the region.; Thorough, objective, and focused on Northern Eastern Europe, Johnson's work stands out both as a useful core text covering an area of growing interest and a beautifully rendered account of a region that is only beginning to receive current scholarly attention
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Central Europe and the Roman Christian West, 400-1000
Feudal Foundations, 1000-1350
The Great Late Medieval Kingdoms: Poland and Hungary, 1350-1500
The Bulwarks of Christendom: Religion and Warfare, 1400-1550
The Counter-Reformation: The Roman Catholic Church and the Habsburg Dynasty Triumphant, 1550-1700
Absolutism as Enlightenment, 1700-1790
Nations Without States, States Without Nations, 1790-1848
The Demise of Imperial Austria and the Rise of Imperial Germany, 1848-1890
World War I and National Self-Determination, 1914-1922
Spheres of Influence I: Germany and the Soviet Union
Spheres of Influence II: East and West, or "Yalta Europe"
The Failure of Eastern Europe, 1956-1989