Wolfgang Mueller Book order

One of the oldest phenomena in the history of mankind is migration, whether peaceful or violent, voluntary or forced, barely noticeable outflow or mass movements. In the 19th century, regional migration to frontier territories, as for example in the Russian Empire or the United States of America, was a natural object of research. In the 1960s there was renewed interest in migration history in Western Europe due to the increase of immigration. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the so-called Eastern Bloc, the history of borders came again into focus, leading to a new generation in migration history. This development was reinforced by the "summer of migration" of 2015. The history of migration to Austria, especially during the Second Republic, has long been a topic overlooked by historians, but received increased attention since the 1990s. The present volume presents research currently being done on the history of migration to or through Austria.

In the first postwar decade, parts of the common border regions of Austria, Italy and Yugoslavia were contested between these countries, and the fate of South Tyrol, Southern Carinthia and the Julian March including Trieste was in limbo. This volume takes a fresh look at the Alps-Adriatic region in the early Cold War. By analyzing political, diplomatic and economic questions that have been so far neglected in historiography, while also addressing broader questions related to the area, the chapters prove the interconnectedness of the disputes emerging after World War II in this conflicted European region. With contributions by Massimo Bucarelli, Petar Dragi?ic, Leonid Gibianskii, Maximilian Graf, Philipp Greilinger, Sa?a Mi?ic, Wolfgang Mueller, Michael Portmann, Francesca Rolandi, Karlo Ruzicic-Kessler and Antonio Varsori

Only a few people foresaw the sudden and momentous events of 1989: within months the seemingly unshakable communist regimes of Eastern Europe were washed away and with them the postwar international order. This book gives an overview over the national revolutions and external reactions. It contains chapters on the revolutions in all major countries of the former communist bloc as well as on the responses of all major international players. The first part examines the revolutionary events - from above and from below - in Eastern Europe as well as China and their backgrounds. The second part deals with Soviet and Western perceptions and responses. The third part focuses on the aftermath of the revolutions, on societal transformations, the acceptance of the new Central European democracies to NATO and the EU, and on the memory of 1989. -- Amazon.com

Set against the backdrop of post-World War I Germany, the story follows Wolfgang Mueller, born to educated Jewish parents. His early life is filled with joy and intellectual stimulation, but the celebration of his Bar-Mitzvah in 1932 coincides with the ominous rise of the Nazis, signaling a pivotal shift in his life. The narrative explores themes of identity, heritage, and the impact of historical events on personal destinies.

„Osteuropa vom Weltkrieg zur Wende“ behandelt bislang unerforschte Aspekte der politischen, kulturellen und Alltagsgeschichte Osteuropas vom Zweiten Weltkrieg bis zur Jahrtausendwende. Der Band beginnt mit der Untersuchung der sich wandelnden Identitäten ethnischer Minderheiten vor dem Krieg und verfolgt in 18 Studien, gestützt auf neu erschlossene Dokumente, den Weg zur Machtdurchsetzung des Kommunismus, der durch Holocaust, Vertreibung sowie Abrechnung und Enteignung geprägt war. Es werden die politischen und identitätsgeschichtlichen Folgen von Eingriffen in ethnische, soziale und wirtschaftliche Strukturen analysiert. Zudem werden unter kommunistischer Herrschaft geschaffene Strukturen, wie die Beziehungen zwischen dem Kreml und seinen „Bruderparteien“ sowie die Zusammenarbeit der Geheimdienste des Ostblocks, offengelegt. Die Untersuchung langfristiger Faktoren wie Propaganda, Schwerindustrialisierung und Moskau-Abhängigkeit zeigt die Widersprüche zwischen den offiziellen Paradigmen von „Volksdemokratie“, Gleichberechtigung und dem Stalin-Kult einerseits und der politischen Realität sowie der alltäglichen Lebenswelt andererseits auf.