Newman, John Paul (2010) Post-imperial and Post-war Violence in the South Slav Lands, 1917–1923. Contemporary European History, 19 (3). pp. 249-265. ISSN 0960-7773

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Abstract

This article looks at the transition of the Habsburg South Slav lands, in particular Croatia, from empire into (Yugoslav) nation-state from 1917 to 1923, and the violence which attended it. While this transition was less cataclysmic in the South Slav lands than in other parts of the former Habsburg Empire, patterns of paramilitary violence and counter-revolution similar to those elsewhere in Europe were also present here. The article looks at these patterns from a transnational perspective and shows that although state control was effectively restored in Croatia by 1923, paramilitary networks forged during 1917–23 would return as Yugoslavia faced greater external threats and internal disequilibrium in the 1930s.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	The definitive version of this article is available at doi:10.1017/S0960777310000159
Keywords:	Post-imperial; Post-war; Violence; South Slav Lands; 1917–1923; Croatia; Yugoslavia; Habsburg; paramilitary; counter-revolution;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > History
Item ID:	4202
Depositing User:	John Paul Newman
Date Deposited:	19 Feb 2013 15:32
Journal or Publication Title:	Contemporary European History
Publisher:	Cambridge Open
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://journals.cambridge.org/action/dis...
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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