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.

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