New Political Ideas in the Aftermath of the Great War
This edited collection presents new research on how the Great War and its aftermath shaped political thought in the interwar period across Europe. Assessing the major players of the war as well as more peripheral cases, the contributors challenge previous
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New Political Ideas in the Aftermath of the Great War
Alessandro Salvador • Anders G. Kjøstvedt Editors
New Political Ideas in the Aftermath of the Great War
Editors Alessandro Salvador University of Trento Trento, Italy
Anders G. Kjøstvedt University of Oslo (IAKH) Blindern, Oslo, Norway
ISBN 978-3-319-38914-1 ISBN 978-3-319-38915-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-38915-8
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FOREWORD
As is well known and documented, the First World War did not quite end with the armistice, nor with the closing of the peace conferences. Both minor and major conflicts continued well after the war—not to mention the fact that the memory of the war affected private life, behaviours and political regimes in Europe and beyond.1 This book reflects on the multiple levels at which the war continued to have an impact on post-war societies by looking at individual biographies, groups, associations and political regimes throughout Europe. By focusing on these different levels, the book illustrates how the political projects of various individuals and associations were created, how they worked in different contexts and how they were modified by such contexts. The research thus shows the sometimes difficult—and always indirect—relations between individuals’ dreams and their programmes. It considers the various ways in which they related to one another in the formation of political and social movements and examines the ways in which these movements built (or influenced) new regimes. These three levels of analysis are especially investigated in re
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