The Politics of Self-Determination : Remaking Territories and National Identities in Europe, 1917-1923 /
Addresses the pitfalls of border drawing in post-WWI Europe, arguing that at international and local levels, the 'temptation of violence' made national self-determination problematic, as local elites, administrations, and paramilitary leaders used ethnic notions of identity to mobilise pop...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; The Politics of Self-Determination: Remaking Territories and National Identities in Europe, 1917−1923; Copyright; Preface; Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Introduction; PART I: PLANNING THE POST-WAR ORDER; 1: Tying up the Loose Ends of National Self-Determination: British, French, and American Peace Planning, 1917-1919; THE 'NEW OLD' IDEAS: ARBITRATION AND SELF-GOVERNMENT; EXPERTISE AS A 'WAY OUT'; Giving French Claims a Scientific Underpinning: The Comité d'études; Peace Planning from Below: the British Political Intelligence Department
- The American Inquiry and the Ideals of Guaranteed Positions and Impartial AdviceCOMPARING AND CONNECTING THE EXPERT GROUPS; En Route to Paris: the Experts' Conceptions of National Self-Determination; CONCLUSION; 2: 'Réintégration pure et simple?' Reinventing the Franco-German Border of Alsace-Lorraine, 1914−1918; THE FRENCH QUEST FOR ALSACE-LORRAINE; French Views on Alsace-Lorraine before 1914; Early Administrative Challenges; ALSACE-LORRAINE AS AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE; 'Allow me to tell you, sir, that to us you are monsters': Exploring the Chances of a Franco-German Agreement, 1916−17
- A Socialist Route to Peace? The Stockholm Conference of 1917TOWARDS A UNIVERSAL DOCTRINE FOR PEACE; French Propaganda for Alsace-Lorraine in Britain and the United States; Adjusting French Claims to Wilsonian Self-Determination; FINDING A STRIKING ARGUMENT: THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF PEACE PREPARATIONS; A Pragmatic Way Out: Combining New and Old Ideas; CONCLUSION; 3: The Cradle of Civilization on the Fringes of Europe: The Quest for Greek Expansion into Asia Minor; IMPERIALIST ROMANTICISM: GREECE, EUROPE, AND THE MEGALI IDEA; GREEK CLAIMS IN ASIA MINOR: THE OPINION OF THE EXPERTS
- Hesitation: The British ExpertsFrom Philhellenism to Scepticism: the American Inquiry; Half-Hearted Support: the French Comité d'études; GREEK CLAIMS AT THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE; The Charisma and Political Strategy of Venizelos; The Greek Case at the Peace Conference; SITUATIONAL DYNAMICS: THE DECISION OF THE SMYRNA LANDING; Last Attempts to Correct the Allied Decision for a Greek Occupation of Smyrna; CONCLUSION; PART II: IMPLEMENTING THE PARIS SYSTEM; 4: The Interwar Period in a Microcosm: Negotiating Borders at the Paris Peace Conference
- EXPERTS, COMMISSIONS, PLENARY SESSIONS, AND THE 'BIG FOUR'The Paris Peace Conference and the Role of the Experts; POLITICIZED EXPERTISE AND BORDERS AS ZERO-SUM GAMES: THE CASE OF ROMANIAN BORDERS; Bringing Expertise into the Negotiations at Paris; Negotiating Romanian Borders; Principles and Factors: Negotiations of Ethnicity and Observations of Local Realities; POLITICIANS AS EXPERTS: THE WESTERN BORDERS OF POLAND; Preparing the Negotiations of Polish Borders; The Negotiation of the Western Polish border; Readjusting the Role of Experts and Finding New Solutions