Twilight of empire : the Brest-Litovsk Conference and the remaking of East-Central Europe, 1917--1918 /

Chernev, Borislav,

Twilight of empire : the Brest-Litovsk Conference and the remaking of East-Central Europe, 1917--1918 / Brest-Litovsk Conference and the remaking of East-Central Europe, 1917--1918 Borislav Chernev. - Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (xviii, 301 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: a forgotten peace -- Ostpolitik meets world revolution -- Peacemaking and self-determination at Brest-Litovsk -- The Great January Strike as a prelude to revolution in Austria -- The Brest-Litovsk system and modern Ukrainian statehood -- Brest-Litovsk and the elusive Bulgarian "dream of Byzantium" -- The second treaty of Brest-Litovsk and after -- Conclusion: Brest-Litovsk and Europe's twentieth century.

Twilight of Empire is the first book in English to examine the Brest-Litovsk Peace Conference during the later stages of World War I with the use of extensive archival sources. Two separate peace treaties were signed at Brest-Litovsk --



9781487513344

20179031872


Treaties of Brest-Litovsk (1918)


World War, 1914-1918--Peace.
World War, 1914-1918--Europe, Eastern.
World War, 1914-1918--Europe, Central.


Electronic Books.

D653 / .T855 2017 DK507