Screen LibraryWarfare and belligerence : perspectives in First World War studies /
"The essays collected here suggest some of the ways in which an interdisciplinary perspective may contribute to our understanding of the Great War. Contributors examine the relationship between the character of the war and the nature of belligerent societies, and present original research on th...
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Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden : |
| Publication Dates: | 2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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History of warfare,
volume 30 |
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| Summary: |
"The essays collected here suggest some of the ways in which an interdisciplinary perspective may contribute to our understanding of the Great War. Contributors examine the relationship between the character of the war and the nature of belligerent societies, and present original research on the comparative history of the First World War. In 1914-1918, the front lines did not only separate warring nations, but also cut across belligerent societies and ultimately determined the social responses to the conflict. Indeed, the 'totalizing logic' of the First World War entailed the blurring of bou Subjects included are operational and tactical evolution, social mobilization, military discipline and morale, prisoners of war, veterans and demobilization, religion and politics, war literature and cinema, memory and commemoration."--Jacket. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 418 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789004143524 9004143521 |
| Index Number: | D523 |
| CLC: | K143 |
| Call Number: | K143/W274 |
| Contents: | 'It all goes wrong' / Dennis Showalter -- Discipline in the Italian Army 1915-1918 / Vanda Wilcox -- New Jerusalems / Patrick Porter -- Encountering the 'enemy' / Heather Jones -- Marc Sangnier's war, 1914-1919 / Gearóid Barry -- From liberalism to labour / Paul Mulvey -- Protest and disability / Jennifer D. Keene -- Huts, demobilisation and the quest for an associational life in rural communities in England after the war / Keith Grieves -- An American geographer between science and diplomacy / Nicolas Ginsburger -- The Great War and modern scholarship / Elizabeth Fordham -- New writers, n |