Saideman, Stephen M.

For kin or country : xenophobia, nationalism, and war / Stephen M. Saideman and R. William Ayres. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2015. - xxvii, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index.

Irredentism and its absence : international pressures versus domestic dynamics -- Dueling irredentisms : greater Croatia and greater Serbia -- Reunification at any price : Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh -- Pushing the envelope : Hungary's assertive attention to kin -- Romania's restraint? : avoiding the worst through domestic scapegoating -- Breaking up is hard to do : Russia and its kin in the near abroad -- War and peace in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and beyond -- Findings and implications

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Nationalism--Europe, Eastern.
Nationalism--Former Soviet republics.
Xenophobia--Europe, Eastern.
Xenophobia--Former Soviet republics.
Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.
Post-communism--Former Soviet republics.


Europe, Eastern--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
Former Soviet republics--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
Europe, Eastern--Ethnic relations.
Former Soviet republics--Ethnic relations.
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-
Former Soviet republics--Politics and government.

DJK51 / .S24 2015