検索キーワード： 東ヨーロッパ

アドリア海を巡る巨大帝国の衝突と、一千年にわたり境界地帯を生き抜いた民の過酷でドラマチックな生存戦略を描く壮大な歴史絵巻。ハプスブルク家やオスマン帝国といった大国の思惑に幾度も国境線を引かれながらも...

吸血鬼ドラキュラ伝説のベールを剥ぎ取り、古代ローマから現代へと続く激動のヨーロッパ史を一本のドラマチックな物語として体感することで、あなたの知的好奇心は深く満たされます。毎日の通勤や家事の時間が、大...

ナチス・ドイツとスターリンのソ連という二つの巨大な全体主義が激突する中、その狭間で引き裂かれた東欧の人々の知られざる経験と凄惨な記憶を鮮明に描き出します。通勤中や休日の静かな時間に、重厚で緊迫感のあ...

連日報道される地政学的危機の背後には、大国に翻弄されながらも「境界の地」で独自のアイデンティティを紡ぎ続けた1500年にわたる壮大な歴史ドラマが息づいています。毎日の通勤時間を利用して、複雑に絡み合うヨ...

強大な帝国に翻弄されながらも独自の文化を紡ぎ続けた生存戦略と、絶えず揺れ動く東欧史のダイナミズムを解き明かす重厚な歴史ドキュメントです。通勤中や家事の合間に耳を傾ければ、千年以上にわたる激動の時代を...

This book explores why there is a major war again in Europe. Putin's actions need to be understood if not forgiven. With the Ukraine conflict seen as a proxy war of NATO versus Russia, how likely is the fighting to spread?

Modern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries, discusses various atrocities (including the first account of the massive Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansings of the 1940s), and examines Poland's recent successful negotiations with its newly independent Eastern neighbors, as it has channeled national interest toward peace.

The Gulag - a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners - was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost.

Accessible to students, tourists, and general listeners alike, this book provides a broad overview of Russian history since the ninth century. Paul Bushkovitch emphasizes the enormous changes in the understanding of Russian history resulting from the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, new material has come to light on the history of the Soviet era, providing new conceptions of Russia's pre-revolutionary past.

Kosovo is a tiny land-locked nation located in the heart of the Balkan Peninsula in Eastern Europe. Before the 1990s, few people outside the immediate area had ever even heard of Kosovo. Then, in 1998, war began, and Kosovo moved to the center of the international stage.

What would become the nation of Yugoslavia was created in the turbulent period following the end of World War I in 1918, but ended 74 years later in the chaos of another war. In its relatively brief history, Yugoslavia endured invasion during World War II and a range of styles of leadership that included an autocratic king, an even more autocratic socialist dictator, as well as brief periods of parliamentary democracy.

For more than 40 years, communism held eight European nations in its iron fist. Yet by the end of 1989, all of these nations had thrown off communism, declared independence, and embarked on the road to democracy.

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols.

The definitive history of Hitler and Stalin's politics of mass killing, explaining why Ukraine has been at the center of Western history for the last century, from the author of the international bestseller, On Tyranny. Americans call the Second World War "the Good War." But before it even began...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Short History of Europe written and read by Simon Jenkins. Europe is an astonishingly successful place. In this dazzling new history, bestselling author Simon Jenkins grippingly tells the story of its evolution from warring peoples to peace, wealth and...

Explore the dramatic rise and fall of a resilient Balkan state caught at the turbulent crossroads of European empires. Whether you are commuting or seeking a gripping historical deep-dive, this narrative transforms complex geopolitics into an accessible, high-energy educational journey. Witness...

Master a thousand years of turbulent Balkan history in a gripping crash course designed for your daily commute. From the arrival of the Slavs to the rise of medieval kingdoms, discover how geography and faith forged a resilient nation. Whether prepping for travel or squeezing in a quick study...

“A remarkable—and singularly chilling—glimpse of human behavior. . .This meticulously researched book...represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust.""—Newsweek Now available in audio for the first time, Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of...

Russia's attack on Ukraine marks an epochal break in European and global history. Undoubtedly, the decision to go to war is closely linked to one person, Vladimir Putin, but Russia's war is not driven solely by one man's power calculations. We can only make sense of Russia's actions in Ukraine, argues the distinguished historian Martin Schulze Wessel, by putting them in the broader context of the history of Russian imperialism and the influence it continues to exert today.

Bloomsbury presents The Collapse of Yugoslavia by Alastair Finlan, read by Ric Jerrom. An accessible introduction to the brutal conflict in the former Yugoslavia, one of the greatest yet least understood tragedies of the 20th century. In 1991, an ethnically diverse and peaceful region of Europe...