Contains 14 contributions written by mostly US university-based historians addressing the ways in which WWI shaped artistic and intellectual modernism in Europe, as well as the culture, with an emphasis on the less-commonly addressed eastern and Central European experience. Coverage includes Russia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, the South Slavic lands, Bulgaria, and Romania, as well as much of Western Europe. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)