The First World War began in the Balkans and it was fought as fiercely in the East as it was
in the West. Fighting persisted in the East for almost a decade radically transforming the
political and social order of the entire continent. The specifics of the Eastern war such as
mass deportations ethnic cleansing and the radicalization of military paramilitary and
revolutionary violence have only recently become the focus of historical research. This volume
situates the Long First World War on the Eastern Front (1912 1923) in the hundred years from
the mid-19th to the mid-20th century and explores the legacies of violence within this
context.ContentJochen Böhler W odzimierz Borodziej Joachim von Puttkamer: IntroductionI. A
World in TransitionJoachim von Puttkamer: Collapse and Restoration. Politics and the Strains of
War in Eastern EuropeMark Biondich: Eastern Borderlands and Prospective Shatter Zones. Identity
and Conflict in East Central and Southeastern Europe on the Eve of the First World WarJochen
Böhler: Generals and Warlords Revolutionaries and Nation-State Builders. The First World War
and its Aftermath in Central and Eastern EuropeII. OccupationJonathan E. Gumz: Losing Control.
The Norm of Occupation in Eastern Europe during the First World WarStephan Lehnstaedt:
Fluctuating between Utilisation and Exploitation. Occupied East Central Europe during the First
World WarRobert L. Nelson: Utopias of Open Space. Forced Population Transfer Fantasies during
the First World WarIII. RadicalizationMaciej Górny: War on Paper? Physical Anthropology in the
Service of States and NationsPiotr J. Wróbel: Foreshadowing the Holocaust. The Wars of 1914
1921 and Anti-Jewish Violence in Central and Eastern EuropeRobert Gerwarth: Fighting the Red
Beast. Counter-Revolutionary Violence in the Defeated States of Central EuropeIV.
AftermathJulia Eichenberg: Consent Coercion and Endurance in Eastern Europe. Poland and the
Fluidity of War ExperiencesPhilipp Ther: Pre-negotiated Violence. Ethnic Cleansing in the Long
First World WarDietrich Beyrau: The Long Shadow of the Revolution. Violence in War and Peace in
the Soviet UnionCommentaryJörn Leonhard: Legacies of Violence: Eastern Europe s First World War
A Commentary from a Comparative Perspective
