Irredentism and international politics / edited by Naomi Chazan.

Largely papers presented at a workshop held at the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in April 1986, and sponsored by the Leonard Davis Institute of International Relations of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : approaches to the study of irredentism / Naomi Chazan -- Irredentas and secessions : adjacent phenomena, neglected connections / Donald L. Horowitz -- Irredentism : nationalism reexamined / Hedva Ben-Israel -- Concealed or conjured irredentism : the case of Alsace / Emanuel Gutmann -- Irredentism and boundary adjustments in post-World War I Europe / Shalom Reichman and Arnon Golan -- Irredentism in Germany since 1945 / Richard Stoess -- The ups and downs of irredentism : the case of Turkey / Jacob M. Landau -- Irredentism and politics in Africa / Benyamin Neuberger -- Language planning as an aid and a barrier to irredentism / Brian Weinstein -- Conclusion : irredentism, separatism, and nationalism / Naomi Chazan.