Warlands: Population Resettlement and State Reconstruction in the Soviet-East European Borderlands, 1945-50

by Peter Gatrell (Editor), N. Baron (Editor)

The displacement of population during and after the Second World War took place on a global scale and formed part of a longer historical process of violence, territorial reconfiguration and state 'development'. This book focuses on the profound political, social and economic upheavals in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe at this time.

291 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

A historian specializing in population displacement in the modern world and the economic and social history of Russia, Peter Gatrell is emeritus professor at the University of Manchester. He earned his undergraduate and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge.