Untold war : new perspectives in First World War studies

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    • Jones, Heather
    • O'Brien, Jennifer
    • Schmidt-Supprian, Christoph

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Untold war : new perspectives in First World War studies

edited by Heather Jones, Jennifer O'Brien and Christoph Schmidt-Supprian

(History of warfare, v. 49)

Brill, 2008

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Papers from the third conference of the International Society for First World War Studies, held Sept. 23-25, 2005 at Trinity College, Dublin

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Complex, brutal and challenging, the First World War continues to inspire dynamic research and debate. The third volume to emerge from the pioneering work of the International Society for First World War Studies, this collection of new essays reveals just how plural the conflict actually was - its totalizing tendencies are shown here to have paradoxically produced diversity, innovation and difference, as much as they also gave rise to certain similarities across wartime societies. Exploring the nature of this 'plural war,' the contributions to this volume cover diverse themes such as combat, occupation, civic identity, juvenile delinquency, chaplains, art and remembrance, across a wide range of societies, including Germany, France, Britain, German colonial Africa, Belgium and Romania. With chapters on both military and cultural history, this book highlights how the first total war of the twentieth century changed social, cultural and military perceptions to an untold extent. Contributors: Alan Kramer, Dan Todman, Claudia Siebrecht, Vanessa Ther, Jan Vermeiren, Wencke Meteling, Daniel Steinbach, Aurore Francois, Edward Madigan, Catriona Pennell, Francois Bouloc, Sonja Muller, Joelle Beurier, Lisa Mayerhofer, Heather Jones, Christoph Schmidt-Supprian, Jennifer O'Brien.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Contributors Foreword John Horne Introduction: Untold War Heather Jones, Jennifer O'Brien and Christoph Schmidt-Supprian Section I: Combat Experienced and Imagined German and French Regiments on the Western Front, 1914-1918* Wencke Meteling Hidden Courage: Post-War Literature and Anglican Army Chaplains on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Edward Madigan 'The Germans Have Landed!': Invasion Fears in the South-East of England, August to December 1914 Catriona Pennell Section II: Redefining Civic and National Spaces Making Friends and Foes: Occupiers and Occupied in First World War Romania (1916-1918) Lisa Mayerhofer From Street Walking to the Convent: Young Prostitutes Judged by the Juvenile Court of Brussels during World War One Aurore Francois Defending the 'Heimat': the Germans in South West Africa and East Africa during the First World War Daniel Rouven Steinbach The 'Rebirth of Greater Germany': the Austro-German Alliance and the Outbreak of War? Jan Vermeiren Section III: Interpreting Warfare Toys, Games and Juvenile Literature in Germany and Britain during the First World War. A Comparison ? Sonja Muller The Mater Dolorosa on the Battlefield - Mourning Mothers in German Women's Art of the First World War Claudia Siebrecht Information, Censorship or Propaganda? The Illustrated French Press in the First World War Joelle Beurier 'War Profiteers' and 'War Profiters': Representing Economic Gain in France during the First World War. Francois Bouloc Section IV: the Challenge of Remembrance 'Humans are Cheap and the Bread is Dear.' the Republican Portrayal of the War Experience in Germany * Vanessa Ther The First World War and German Memory Alan Kramer The First World War in contemporary British Popular Culture Dan Todman Index

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