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Storms over the Balkans during the Second World War

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Storms over the Balkans during the Second World War

By: Alfred J. Rieber

In a new interpretation of the history of the Balkans during the Second World War, Alfred J. Rieber explores the tangled political rivalries, cultural clashes, and armed conflicts among the great powers and the indigenous people competing for influence and domination. The study takes an original approach to the region based on the geography, social conditions, and imperial rivalries that spans several centuries, culminating in three wars during the first half of the twentieth century. Against this background, Rieber focuses on leadership - personified by Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, and Tito - as the key to explaining events. For each one the Balkans represented a strategic prize vital for the fulfilment of their ambitious war aims. For the local forces the destabilization of the war offered the opportunity to reorder societies, expel ethnic minorities, and expand national borders. Storms over the Balkans during the Second World War illustrates how the leaders of the external powers were forced to improvise their tactics and compromise their ideologies under the pressure of war and the competing claims of their allies and clients. Neither the Axis nor the Allied camps were uniform blocs, and deep divisions ran through the ranks of the resistance and those collaborating with the occupying powers. These tensions contributed to the failure of all the participants in the struggle to achieve their aims. The complexities of the wartime experiences help to explain the persistence of memories and unfulfilled aspirations that continue to haunt the region. The study is based on extensive research in new sources in seven languages.

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Oxford University Press

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0192672797

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Stalin as Warlord

By: Alfred J. Rieber

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Stalin as Warlord

By: Alfred J. Rieber

An authoritative account of Stalin as a wartime leader—showing how his paradoxical policies of mass mobilization and repression affected all aspects of Soviet society The Second World War was the defining moment in the history of the Soviet Union. With Stalin at the helm, it emerged victorious at a huge economic and human cost. But even before the fighting had ended, Stalin began to turn against the architects of success. In this original and comprehensive study, Alfred J. Rieber examines Stalin as a wartime leader, arguing that his policies were profoundly paradoxical. In preparation for the war, Stalin mobilized the whole of Soviet society in pursuit of his military goals and intensified the centralization of his power. Yet at the same time, his use of terror weakened the forces vital to the defense of the country. In his efforts to rebuild the country after the devastating losses and destruction, he suppressed groups that had contributed immeasurably to victory. His steady, ruthless leadership cultivated a legacy that was to burden the Soviet Union and Russia to the present day.

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Yale University Press

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0300269005

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9780300269000

Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia

By: Alfred J. Rieber

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Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia

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This is a major re-evaluation of Soviet foreign policy in the Eurasian borderlands from the Revolution to the Cold War.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107074495

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The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands

By: Alfred J. Rieber

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The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands

By: Alfred J. Rieber

A major new account of the Eurasian borderlands as 'shatter zones' which have generated some of the world's most significant conflicts.

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1107043093

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The Imperial Russian Project

Autocratic Politics, Economic Development, and Social Fragmentation

By: Alfred J. Rieber

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The Imperial Russian Project

Autocratic Politics, Economic Development, and Social Fragmentation

By: Alfred J. Rieber

A pioneer in the field of Russian and Soviet studies in the West, Alfred J. Rieber’s five decade career has focused on increasing our understanding of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great to the coming of the First World War. The Imperial Russian Project is a collection of Rieber’s lifetime of work, focusing on three interconnected themes of this time period: the role of reform in the process of state building, the interaction of state and social movements, and alternative visions of economic development. This volume contains Rieber’s previously published, classic essays, edited and updated, as well as newly written works that together provide a well-integrated framework for reflection on this topic. Rieber argues that Russia’s style of autocratic governance not only reflected the personalities of the rulers but also the challenges of overcoming economic backwardness in a society lacking common citizenship and a cohesive ruling class. The Imperial Russian Project reveals how during the nineteenth century the tsar was obliged to operate within a changing and more complex world, reducing his options and restricting his freedom of action.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487511213

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9781487511210

Perestroika at the Crossroads

By: Alfred J. Rieber,Alvin Z. Rubinstein

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Perestroika at the Crossroads

By: Alfred J. Rieber,Alvin Z. Rubinstein

The contributors to this volume have undertaken an assessment of the Soviet Union as it enters the last decade of the 20th century. Organized to cover each major area of policy initiative (or response), the collection surveys the Gorbachev reform agenda and its successes and failures to date in various fields, including culture, economics, ideology, law, politics, federalism and the nationality problem, and foreign policy vis-a-vis the West, Eastern Europe and the Third World.

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Routledge

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1315489430

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Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia

By: Alfred J. Rieber

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This is a major re-evaluation of Soviet foreign policy in the Eurasian borderlands from the Revolution to the Cold War.

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Extending the Borders of Russian History

Essays in Honor of Alfred J. Rieber

By: Alfred J. Rieber,Marsha Siefert

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Extending the Borders of Russian History

Essays in Honor of Alfred J. Rieber

By: Alfred J. Rieber,Marsha Siefert

Thirty-two eminent historians and social scientists cover the last two centuries of Russian history in this rich collection of essays. The range and high quality of the contributions reflect the broadening of social and cultural directions that has characterized 'new history; issues of the Russian borderland, especially Ukraine, the Caucasus and Central Asia, receive a prominent treatment as a key part of Russian and Soviet history. Too, studies in this volume show sensitivity to the multicultural nature of Russian society and culture. Top authority in Russian history, Alfred J. Rieber taught at leading US universities before joining Central European University.

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Kendall Hunt

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9639241369

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Merchants and Entrepreneurs in Imperial Russia

By: Alfred J. Rieber

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Merchants and Entrepreneurs in Imperial Russia

By: Alfred J. Rieber

This book is the first general history of Russian "businessmen" from Peter the Great to the Revolution of 1917. It is also a challenging new interpretation of the nature of social change in tsarist Russia. Alfred Rieber seeks to explain how Russia developed a capitalist economy and launched a major industrialization without giving rise to a mature bourgeoisie. His analysis concentrates on the deep-seated social divisions that prevented the political unity of the Russian middle classes even when their vital interests were threatened by powerful bureaucrats and a workers' revolution. He concludes that the fate of the Russian merchants and industrialists was part of a larger social fragmentation in Russia on the eve of World War I. Rieber argues that the merchantry was throughout its history the most unstable and politically passive group in Russian society. Periodically swamped by an influx of peasants, the merchants were never able to free themselves from state tutelage or their own traditional values. Surrounded by ethnic rivals, the Great Russian merchantry adopted the mentality of a besieged camp. The real innovators in Russia's industrialization were social deviants--Old Believer peasants, declasse nobles, and non-Russian peoples on the periphery of the empire. But even these "entrepreneurial groups" failed to provide the leadership for a strong middle class because they were deeply marked by competing regional and ethnic attachments. In Rieber's analysis the Russian bureaucracy shares much of the blame for the absence of a cohesive class structure in Russia. It feared and opposed the emergence of a bourgeoisie, and it was deeply split over the question of industrialization. Rieber concludes that the bureaucracy helped to maintain the legal distinctions within Russian society that contributed to its fragmentation. This work touches on almost every aspect of imperial Russian society--its political and legal institutions, social movements, intellectual currents, and economic development. Rieber has drawn on a wide range of sources including Soviet archives, merchant memoirs, contemporary journals, pamphlets and newspapers, and the proceedings and reports of many specialized societies and organizations. Originally published in 1991. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press

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0807814814

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9780807814819

The Imperial Russian Project

Autocratic Politics, Economic Development, and Social Fragmentation

By: Alfred J. Rieber

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Autocratic Politics, Economic Development, and Social Fragmentation

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Storms Over the Balkans During the Second World War

By: Alfred J. Rieber

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Oxford University Press

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0192858033

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Stalin as Warlord

By: Alfred J. Rieber

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The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands

From the Rise of Early Modern Empires to the End of the First World War

By: Alfred J. Rieber

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The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands

From the Rise of Early Modern Empires to the End of the First World War

By: Alfred J. Rieber

This book explores the Eurasian borderlands as contested 'shatter zones' which have generated some of the world's most significant conflicts. Analyzing the struggles of Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman, Iranian and Qing empires, Alfred J. Rieber surveys the period from the rise of the great multicultural, conquest empires in the late medieval/early modern period to their collapse in the early twentieth century. He charts how these empires expanded along moving, military frontiers, competing with one another in war, diplomacy and cultural practices, while the subjugated peoples of the borderlands strove to maintain their cultures and to defend their autonomy. The gradual and fragmentary adaptation of Western constitutional ideas, military reforms, cultural practices and economic penetration began to undermine these ruling ideologies and institutions, leading to the collapse of all five empires in revolution and war within little more than a decade between 1911 and 1923.

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1139867962

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Book's by Alfred J. Rieber

Storms over the Balkans during the Second World War

Storms over the Balkans during the Second World War

Stalin as Warlord

Stalin as Warlord

Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia

Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia

The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands

The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands

The Imperial Russian Project

The Imperial Russian Project

Perestroika at the Crossroads

Perestroika at the Crossroads

Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia

Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia

Extending the Borders of Russian History

Extending the Borders of Russian History

Merchants and Entrepreneurs in Imperial Russia

Merchants and Entrepreneurs in Imperial Russia

The Imperial Russian Project

The Imperial Russian Project

Storms Over the Balkans During the Second World War

Storms Over the Balkans During the Second World War

Stalin as Warlord

Stalin as Warlord

The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands

The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands

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