Offers a complex consideration of the relationship of mass terror and utopianism under the fascist government of wartime Croatia. The essays in The Utopia of Terror provide new perspectives on the relationship between the politics of construction and destruction in the wartime Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945) ruled by the fascist Ustasha movement. Bringing together established historians of the Ustasha regime and an emerging generation of younger historians, The Utopia of Terror explores various aspects of everyday life and death in the Ustasha state that untilnow have received peripheral attention from historians. The contributors argue for a more complex consideration of the relationship of mass terror and utopianism in which the two are seen as part of the same process rather than asdiscrete phenomena. They aim to bring new perspectives, generate original thinking, and provide enhanced understanding of both the Ustasha regime's attempts to remake Croatian society and its campaign to destroy unwanted populations. Rory Yeomans is a fellow in history at the Wiener Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, Vienna, Austria. A fellowship from the Cantemir Institute at the University of Oxford in 2013 supported the research for and the writing and editing of this book.
Reviews
[A] valuable collection for outlining varied approaches to understanding the development and mixed effects of terror in Ustasha Croatia, providing many insights into the complexities of Ustasha terror. * CHOICE *
[T]he book should provoke considerable thought about new directions for research on Croatian fascism and the different aspects of the Ustasha regime. * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *
This interesting edited collection will hopefully stimulate further research on non-elite histories of the Independent State of Croatia. * CANADIAN SLAVONIC PAPERS *
A welcome and invaluable addition to the historiography of The Independent State of Croatia.The diversity of the essays is laudable and enormous..Without a doubt, The Utopia of Terror will be a standard work in the field for many years. * EUROPEAN HISTORY QUARTERLY *



Book Information
ISBN 9781580465458
Author Rory Yeomans
Format Hardback
Page Count 332
Imprint University of Rochester Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g