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

by Jochen Bler (Editor), Ota Konr疆 (Editor), Rudolf Kučera (Editor)

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.

Author Biography

Rudolf Kučera is director of the Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences and associate professor of history at the Charles University in Prague. His publications include Paths out of the Apocalypse Physical Violence in the Fall and Renewal of Central Europe, 1914-1922 (Oxford University Press, 2022. Together with Ota Konr疆) and Rationed Life: Science, Everyday Life, and Working Class Politics in the Bohemian Lands, 1914-1918 (Berghahn Books, 2016).