In the Shadow of the Great War : Physical Violence in East-Central Europe, 1917–1923

"Whether victorious or not, Central European states faced fundamental challenges after the First World War as they struggled to contain ongoing violence and forge peaceful societies. This collection explores the various forms of violence these nations confronted during this period, which effectively transformed the region into a laboratory for state-building. Employing a bottom-up approach to understanding everyday life, these studies trace the contours of individual and mass violence in the interwar era while illuminating their effects upon politics, intellectual developments, and the arts"-- Provided by publisher Contents Introduction Chapter 1. The Baltikumer: Collective Violence and German Paramilitaries after 1918 Chapter 2. Pogroms and Imposture: The Violent Self-Formation of Ukrainian Warlords Chapter 3. Toward an Interactional Theory of Sexual Violence: The White Terror in Hungary, 1919–1921 Chapter 4. Th e Many Lives of Mrs. Hamburger: Gender, Violence, and Counterrevolution, 1919–1930 Chapter 5. “A Little Murderous Party”: Poland aft er World War I in the Works of Joseph Roth Chapter 6. Suicide Discourses: Th e Austrian Example in an International Context from World War I to the 1930s Chapter 7. The “Healthy Nerves” of the Nation: War Neuroses in Austria-Hungary and its Successor States Chapter 8. Forging a “Winning Spirit”: Th e North American YMCA and the Czechoslovak Army, 1918–1921 Chapter 9. When the Defeated Become Victorious: Averting Violence with Football in Post-1918 Romania Afterword: Th e End of the Great War and Postwar Problems Index