The Idea of Central Europe

ISBN: 9781838605810 出版年：2018 页码：290 Otilia Dhand Bloomsbury Publishing

Central Europe is one of the key notions of classical geopolitics yet it has always been a somewhat elusive concept. Originally perceived as a plan for a German dominated political and economic union, it subsequently emerged to threaten leaders in the East and West in a variety of forms. Otilia Dhand provides a critical examination of the concept of Central Europe, from its early inception to the preseextensive use of archival material, she shows how successive manifestations of Central Europe - of whatever vintageto bring about their intended changes on the international structure, and how customary claims about Central Europe are not supported by the original source material. The result is a work of outstanding scholarship that advances our understanding of regionalism and geopolitics in Europe.