1st Edition
The Communist Quest for National Legitimacy in Europe, 1918-1989
1. Reappraising Communism and Nationalism Martin Mevius 2. The First Great Patriotic War: Spanish Communists and Nationalism, 1936–1939 Xose-Manoel Nunez and Jose M. Faraldo 3. The National Discourse of the Bulgarian Communist Party on National Anniversaries and Commemorations (1944–1948) Yannis Sygkelos 4. Nation and Empire: Dilemmas of Legitimacy during Stalinism in Poland (1941–1956) Jan C. Behrends 5. Nationalism as a Heavy Mortgage: SED Cadres Actions between Demand and Reality Jan Kiepe 6. The Role of Portugal on the Stage of Imperialism: Communism, Nationalism and Colonialism (1930–1960) Jose Neves 7. East German Music and the Problem of National Identity Laura Silverberg 8. Building the Nation, Instrumentalizing Nationalism: Revisiting Romanian National-Communism, 1956–1989 Dragos Petrescu
Biography
Martin Mevius was educated at the universities of Oxford (D.Phil.), Cambridge (M.Phil.), and Amsterdam (MA). He published his first monograph, Agents of Moscow: The Hungarian Communist Party and the Origins of Socialist Patriotism, 1941-1953 (Oxford: OUP 2005) to critical acclaim. He has also published widely as a journalist in the Dutch and British media, among others for The Guardian and Private Eye. Presently he is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam.
