The First World War : analysis and interpretation

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The First World War : analysis and interpretation

edited by Antonello Biagini and Giovanna Motta

Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2015

  • v. 1
  • v. 2

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"Result of an international conference held at Sapienza University in Rome on June 19 and 20, 2014"--Introduction

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Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9781443880510

Description

This volume is the result of an international conference held at Sapienza University of Rome in June 2014, which brought together scholars from different countries to re-analyse and re-interpret the events of the First World War, one hundred years after a young Bosnian Serb student from the "Mlada Bosna," Gavrilo Princip, "lit the fuse" and ignited the conflict which was to forever change the world. The Great War - initially on a European and then on a world scale - demonstrated the fragility of the international system of the European balance of powers, and determined the dissolution of the great multinational empires and the need to redraw the map of Europe according to the principles of national sovereignty. This book provides new insights into theories of this conflict, and is characterized by internationality, interdisciplinarity and a combination of different research methods. The contributions, based on archival documents from various different countries, international and local historiography, and on the analysis of newspaper articles, postcards, propaganda material, memorials and school books, examine ideological and historiographical debates, the memory of the war and its most important contemporary and popular narratives, and the use of propaganda for the mobilization of public opinion, in addition to military, social, political, economic and psychological aspects of the conflict.
Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9781443885317

Description

This volume is the result of an international conference held at Sapienza University of Rome in June 2014, which brought together scholars from different countries to re-analyse and re-interpret the events of the First World War, one hundred years after a young Bosnian Serb student from the "Mlada Bosna," Gavrilo Princip, "lit the fuse" and ignited the conflict which was to forever change the world. The Great War - initially on a European and then on a world scale - demonstrated the fragility of the international system of the European balance of powers, and determined the dissolution of the great multinational empires and the need to redraw the map of Europe according to the principles of national sovereignty. This book provides new insights into theories of this conflict, and is characterized by internationality, interdisciplinarity and a combination of different research methods. The contributions, based on archival documents from various different countries, international and local historiography, and on the analysis of newspaper articles, postcards, propaganda material, memorials and school books, examine the role of intellectuals and artists in the conflict, the issue of minorities and nationalities, the economy, and international relations and politics, in addition to specific case studies such as Russia and the Ottoman Empire, the Caucasus and the Middle East.

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  • NCID
    BB22654012
  • ISBN
    • 9781443880510
    • 9781443885317
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Pages/Volumes
    v.
  • Size
    22 cm
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