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"This edited volume examines the experience of World War I of small nations, defined here in terms of their relative weakness vis-à-vis the major actors in European diplomacy, and colonial peripheries, encompassing areas that were subject to colonial rule by European empires and thus located fa...
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| Published: |
Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
History of warfare,
volume 109 |
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| Summary: |
"This edited volume examines the experience of World War I of small nations, defined here in terms of their relative weakness vis-à-vis the major actors in European diplomacy, and colonial peripheries, encompassing areas that were subject to colonial rule by European empires and thus located far from the heartland of these empires. The chapters address subject nations within Europe, such as Ireland and Poland; neutral states, such as Sweden and Spain; and overseas colonies like Tunisia, Algeria and German East Africa. By combining analyses of both European and extra-European experiences of |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 303 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789004292963 9004292969 |
| Index Number: | D523 |
| CLC: | K143 |
| Call Number: | K143/S635 |
| Contents: | Part 1. Shifting identities in the global war -- Towards an interconnected history of World War I : Europe and beyond / Gearoid Barry, Enrico Dal Lago and Roisin Healy -- The revolutionary program of the German empire : the case of Ireland / Christine Strotmann -- "I want citizens' clothes" : Irish and German-Americans respond to war, 1914-1917 / Michael Neiberg -- Part 2. Small nations -- Protestant nationalists and the Irish conscription crisis, 1918 / Conor Morrissey -- POWs and civilian internees in Ireland during World War I / William Buck -- Neutral allies or immoral pariahs? : Scandin |