Frank N. Schubert worked as a historian in the U.S. Department of Defense from 1977 to his retirement in 2003, and was a Fulbright lecturer at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania.

The publication of this perceptive analysis of the country's borders from the early twentieth century to the present provides a unique case study of statefrontier evolution in response to a range of internal and external forces. Furthermore, it highlights the ambiguities and complexities that face a small state caught between powerful regional neighbours. Finely-researched and elegantly written, Frank Schubert's book is also opportune.

• Preface \ I.  State of Flux, 1914-1945 \ 1.  The incredible lightness of borders \ 2.  The aftermath of defeat \ 3.  Expansion and Contraction \ II.  Bordering on Insanity, 1945-1989 \ 4.  Before the Iron curtain \ 5.  The Stalin Era \ 6.  From Minefields to Electric Fences \ 7.  The Collapse of the Iron Curtain \ III.  Reversal \ 8.  The emergence of a new Europe \ 9.  From one edge to another \ 10.  Inside Schengenland \ 11.  Beyond Schengenland \ 12.  Hungary and Arizona \ Conclusion \ Glossary \ Terms and Phrases \ Place Names \ Endnotes \ Bibliography

Frank N. Schubert worked as a historian in the U.S. Department of Defense from 1977 to his retirement in 2003, and was a Fulbright lecturer at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania.

The publication of this perceptive analysis of the country's borders from the early twentieth century to the present provides a unique case study of statefrontier evolution in response to a range of internal and external forces. Furthermore, it highlights the ambiguities and complexities that face a small state caught between powerful regional neighbours. Finely-researched and elegantly written, Frank Schubert's book is also opportune.

• Preface \ I.  State of Flux, 1914-1945 \ 1.  The incredible lightness of borders \ 2.  The aftermath of defeat \ 3.  Expansion and Contraction \ II.  Bordering on Insanity, 1945-1989 \ 4.  Before the Iron curtain \ 5.  The Stalin Era \ 6.  From Minefields to Electric Fences \ 7.  The Collapse of the Iron Curtain \ III.  Reversal \ 8.  The emergence of a new Europe \ 9.  From one edge to another \ 10.  Inside Schengenland \ 11.  Beyond Schengenland \ 12.  Hungary and Arizona \ Conclusion \ Glossary \ Terms and Phrases \ Place Names \ Endnotes \ Bibliography

Frank N. Schubert worked as a historian in the U.S. Department of Defense from 1977 to his retirement in 2003, and was a Fulbright lecturer at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania.

The publication of this perceptive analysis of the country's borders from the early twentieth century to the present provides a unique case study of statefrontier evolution in response to a range of internal and external forces. Furthermore, it highlights the ambiguities and complexities that face a small state caught between powerful regional neighbours. Finely-researched and elegantly written, Frank Schubert's book is also opportune.

• Preface \ I.  State of Flux, 1914-1945 \ 1.  The incredible lightness of borders \ 2.  The aftermath of defeat \ 3.  Expansion and Contraction \ II.  Bordering on Insanity, 1945-1989 \ 4.  Before the Iron curtain \ 5.  The Stalin Era \ 6.  From Minefields to Electric Fences \ 7.  The Collapse of the Iron Curtain \ III.  Reversal \ 8.  The emergence of a new Europe \ 9.  From one edge to another \ 10.  Inside Schengenland \ 11.  Beyond Schengenland \ 12.  Hungary and Arizona \ Conclusion \ Glossary \ Terms and Phrases \ Place Names \ Endnotes \ Bibliography