{"product_id":"twilight-of-empire","title":"Twilight of Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwilight of Empire\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book in English to examine the Brest-Litovsk Peace Conference during the later stages of World War I with the use of extensive archival sources. Two separate peace treaties were signed at Brest-Litovsk – the first between the Central Powers and Ukraine and the second between the Central Powers and Bolshevik Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBorislav Chernev, through an insightful and in-depth analysis of primary sources and archival material, argues that although its duration was short lived, the Brest-Litovsk settlement significantly affected the post-Imperial transformation of East Central Europe. The conference became a focal point for the interrelated processes of peacemaking, revolution, imperial collapse, and nation-state creation in the multi-ethnic, entangled spaces of East Central Europe. Chernev’s analysis expands beyond the traditional focus on the German-Russian relationship, paying special attention to the policies of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. The transformations initiated by the Brest-Litovsk conferences ushered in the twilight of empire as the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, and Ottoman Empires all shared the fate of their Romanov counterpart at the end of World War I.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Borislav Chernev","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575350853814,"sku":"9781487524494","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781487524494.jpg?v=1727457700","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/twilight-of-empire","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}