Borderlines: A History Of Europe In 29 Borders

Borderlines: A History Of Europe In 29 Borders

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The Rest Is History Club Book Of The MonthOne Of The Most Engaging And Fascinating Histories Of Europe IVe Read For Years. Dominic SandbrookHighly Original And Insightful Pd Smith, GuardianThrillingly Unique, Knowledgeable, Perceptive And Profound Ian Duntthe History Of Europe Told Through TwentyNine Key Borders That Define The Past, Present And Future Of Our ContinenteuropeS Internal Borders Have Rarely Been Natural; They Have More Often Been Created By Accident Or Force.In Borderlines, Political Historian Lewis Baston Journeys Along TwentyNine Key Borders From West To East Europe, Examining How The Map Of Our Continent Has Been Redrawn Over The Last Century, With Varying Degrees Of Success. The Fingerprints Of Napoleon, Alexander I, Castlereagh, Napoleon Iii And Bismarck Are All There, But TodayS Map Of Europe Is Mostly The Work Of The Allies In 1919 And Stalin In 1945.To Journey To The Centre Of The Story Of Europe, Baston Takes Us To Its Edges, Bringing To Life The Fascinating And Often Bizarre Histories Of These Border Zones. We Visit Baarle, The Town Broken Into Thirty Fragments By The NetherlandBelgium Border, And Stop In Ostritz, The Eastern German Town Where Nazis Held A Rock Festival. We Meander The Back Lanes Of Rural Ireland, And Soak Up The Atmosphere In The Coffee Houses Of The Ukrainian City Of Chernivtsi. Through These Borderlands, Baston Explores How Places And People Heal From The Scars Left By A Europe Of Ethnic Cleansing And Barbed Wire Fences, And He Searches For A Better European Future Finding It In Unexpected Places.An EyeOpening Read That Combines BastonS Travels Along EuropeS Fault Lines With Incredible Insights On How They Got There In The First Place. Katja HoyerBeautiful. A True Gem... [His] Unique Take On Human Nature Through The History And Heritage Of The Borderlands Ends Up Being Deeply Moving. Irish IndependentExtraordinarily Perceptive And Original Anthony SeldonRefreshing And Important Rafael Behr

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