Editors:
- Examines the impact of Bolshevism in the period between the two World Wars on the European and international stage
- Shows the political limits of the Versailles system, which led to the spread of European Fascism and Nazism
- Brings together multi-national and multi-archival research to explore how nation states responded to the Bolshevik threat in comparative perspective
Part of the book series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World (SCCCW)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Diplomacy and Security: The Bolshevik Threat
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Front Matter
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Perceptions of Bolshevism: People, Networks and Ideas
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Back Matter
About this book
This book examines the international impact of Bolshevism in the period between the two World Wars. It explores both the significance of the ‘Bolshevik threat’ in European countries and colonies, as well as its spread through the circulation of ideas and people during this period. Focusing on the interplay between international relations and domestic politics, the volume analyses the rise of Bolshevism on the international stage, incorporating insights from India and China. The chapters show how the interwar international order was challenged by the ideology, which infiltrated a range of political societies. While it was incapable of overthrowing national systems, Bolshevism constituted a credible threat, which favoured the spread of fascist and nationalist trends. Offering the first detailed account of the Bolshevik danger at an international level, the book draws on multi-national and multiarchival research to examine how the peril of Bolshevism paradoxically allowed a stabilization of the post-World War I Versailles system.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Valentine Lomellini
About the editor
Valentine Lomellini is Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Law Sciences, and International Studies at the University of Padua, Italy, where she teaches on the History of International Relations and Terrorism and Security in International History. She has published extensively on the international relations between Italy, France, the Eastern bloc and the US and in 2009, she was awarded the Medal of the President of the Italian Republic. She is currently working on a research project on the cooperation of European states against international terrorism.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Rise of Bolshevism and its Impact on the Interwar International Order
Editors: Valentine Lomellini
Series Title: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35529-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35528-9Published: 08 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35531-9Published: 08 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-35529-6Published: 07 February 2020
Series ISSN: 2731-6807
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6815
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 187
Topics: History of Modern Europe, Political History, Social History, Modern History