Remaking Central Europe The League of Nations and the Former Habsburg Lands
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Peter Becker is Professor of Austrian History in the Department of History at the University of Vienna. Before moving to Vienna, he held a professorship at the European University Institute in Florence, where he started his research on the history of modern state and governance especially of the Habsburg monarchy and on the cultural history of public administration. Natasha Wheatley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Princeton University. Prior to joining the Princeton faculty, she completed her PhD at Columbia University and was an ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sydney.The volume begins with an evaluation of Habsburg histories of internationalism (Glenda Sluga), devotes six chapters to "remaking actors and networks", and seven to "remaking territories and borders". A fine Epilogue (Patricia Clavin) sums up the relationship between the League and Central Europe as "foundational" for that institution, the region, and the world.
William E. Butler, Jus Gentium
This is a fine collection of historical scholarship in which contributions are always original, well-informed, thoughtful, and well worth reading.
Martyn Housden, Austrian History Yearbook
Remaking Central Europe, in that sense, might seem to be a (thought-provoking) reversion to a Europocentric interpretation of the League (and international law in general).
Omer Aloni, Journal of the History of International Law
The volume certainly leaves a lot more nuance in our understanding of the dynamic relationship between the League and the ex-Habsburg lands.
Matthew Stibbe, Slavonic and East European Review
Had the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020/21 not occurred, Remaking Central Europe would have been an important addition to the canon that has reassessed the League of Nations due to its geographical focus. But its publication at the height of the pandemic adds a poignancy to many of these the chapters and lends a relevance to the book that it would otherwise lack ... a valuable source for anyone interested in the Habsburg Monarchy or the League of Nations.
Benjamin J. Whitlock, European Review of History
Through 16 essays the reader is able to explore the effects of the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy and how the international community was compelled to deal with the fallout, developing new techniques in crisis management and specialized international organizations ... a valuable source for anyone interested in the Habsburg Monarchy or the League of Nations.
Benjamin J. Whitlock, University of Aberdeen, European History Review