The Reconstruction of Nations
From the bestselling author of On Tyranny comes a revealing history of the four modern national ideas that arose from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
“[A] fresh and stimulating look at the path to nationhood.”—Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs
“Erudite and engrossing.”—Charles King, Times Literary Supplement
Modern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries, discusses various atrocities (including the first account of the massive Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansings of the 1940s), and examines Poland’s recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors, as it has channeled national interest toward peace.; In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries. In the process he discusses various atrocities and ethnic cleansings and examines Poland’s recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors as it has channeled national interest toward peace.
“[A] fresh and stimulating look at the path to nationhood.”—Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs
“Erudite and engrossing.”—Charles King, Times Literary Supplement
Modern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries, discusses various atrocities (including the first account of the massive Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansings of the 1940s), and examines Poland’s recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors, as it has channeled national interest toward peace.; In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries. In the process he discusses various atrocities and ethnic cleansings and examines Poland’s recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors as it has channeled national interest toward peace.
HistoryEuropeEasternSocial ScienceSociologyJewish Studies
RELEASED2008
PUBLISHERYale University Press
LENGTH384
LANGUAGEEN
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Timothy David Snyder (born August 18, 1969) is an American author and historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, and the Holocaust. He is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. Snyder is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. **Source**: [Timothy Snyder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_D._Snyder) on Wikipedia.
The Reconstruction of Nations
From the bestselling author of On Tyranny comes a revealing history of the four modern national ideas that arose from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
“[A] fresh and stimulating look at the path to nationhood.”—Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs
“Erudite and engrossing.”—Charles King, Times Literary Supplement
Modern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries, discusses various atrocities (including the first account of the massive Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansings of the 1940s), and examines Poland’s recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors, as it has channeled national interest toward peace.; In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries. In the process he discusses various atrocities and ethnic cleansings and examines Poland’s recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors as it has channeled national interest toward peace.
“[A] fresh and stimulating look at the path to nationhood.”—Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs
“Erudite and engrossing.”—Charles King, Times Literary Supplement
Modern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries, discusses various atrocities (including the first account of the massive Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansings of the 1940s), and examines Poland’s recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors, as it has channeled national interest toward peace.; In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries. In the process he discusses various atrocities and ethnic cleansings and examines Poland’s recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors as it has channeled national interest toward peace.
HistoryEuropeEasternSocial ScienceSociologyJewish StudiesPolitical Science
RELEASED2008
PUBLISHERYale University Press
LENGTH384
LANGUAGEEN
Timothy David Snyder (born August 18, 1969) is an American author and historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, and the Holocaust. He is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. Snyder is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. **Source**: [Timothy Snyder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_D._Snyder) on Wikipedia.
