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Author : D. F. Fleming
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Frank Biess,Robert G. Moeller
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845459987
In 1945, Europeans confronted a legacy of mass destruction and death: millions of families had lost their homes and livelihoods; millions of men in uniform had lost their lives; and millions more had been displaced by the war’s destruction, and the genocidal policies of the Nazi regime. From a range of methodological historical perspectives—military, cultural, and social, to film and gender and sexuality studies—this volume explores how Europeans came to terms with these multiple pasts. With a focus on distinctive national experiences in both Eastern and Western Europe, it illuminates how postwar stabilization coexisted with persistent insecurities, injuries, and trauma.
Author : Denna Frank Fleming
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : LCCN:66016508
Author : John Lukacs
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300180961
Addresses the perplexing and often overlooked questions about World War II, revealing the ways in which the war and its legacy still touch lives today.
Author : Jason Crouthamel,Peter Leese
Publisher : Springer
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319334769
This transnational, interdisciplinary study of traumatic neurosis moves beyond the existing histories of medical theory, welfare, and symptomatology. The essays explore the personal traumas of soldiers and civilians in the wake of the First World War; they also discuss how memory and representations of trauma are transmitted between patients, doctors and families across generations. The book argues that so far the traumatic effects of the war have been substantially underestimated. Trauma was shaped by gender, politics, and personality. To uncover the varied forms of trauma ignored by medical and political authorities, this volume draws on diverse sources, such as family archives and narratives by children of traumatized men, documents from film and photography, memoirs by soldiers and civilians. This innovative study challenges us to re-examine our approach to the complex psychological effects of the First World War.
Author : Margaret D. Stetz,Bonnie B. C. Oh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317466246
The stories of the former comfort women have galvanized both Asian and non-Asian intellectuals working in a variety of fields. Scholars of Asian history and politics, feminists, human rights activists, documentary filmmakers, visual artists, and novelists have begun to address the subject of the comfort system; to take up the cause of the surviving comfort women's sturggles; to call attention to sexual violence against women, especially during wartime; to consider the links among militarism, racism, imperialism, and sexism; and to include this history into 20th-century political history. This volume contains a cross-section of responses to the issues raised by the former comfort women and their new visibility on the international stage. Its focus is on how theorists, historians, researchers, activists, and artists have been preserving, interpreting, and disseminating the legacies of the comfort women and also drawing lessons from these. The essays consider the impact and influence of the comfort women's stories on a wide variety of fields and describe how those stories are now being heard or read and used in Asian and in the West.
Author : Lothar Kettenacker,Torsten Riotte
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857452238
The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 was done mainly, if one is to believe US policy at the time, to liberate the people of Iraq from an oppressive dictator. However, the many protests in London, New York, and other cities imply that the policy of “making the world safe for democracy” was not shared by millions of people in many Western countries. Thinking about this controversy inspired the present volume, which takes a closer look at how society responded to the outbreaks and conclusions of the First and Second World Wars. In order to examine this relationship between the conduct of wars and public opinion, leading scholars trace the moods and attitudes of the people of four Western countries (Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy) before, during and after the crucial moments of the two major conflicts of the twentieth century. Focusing less on politics and more on how people experienced the wars, this volume shows how the distinction between enthusiasm for war and concern about its consequences is rarely clear-cut.
Author : Jochen Böhler,Wlodzimierz Borodziej,Joachim von Puttkamer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9783486990775
The First World War began in the Balkans, and it was fought as fiercely in the East as it was in the West. Fighting persisted in the East for almost a decade, radically transforming the political and social order of the entire continent. The specifics of the Eastern war such as mass deportations, ethnic cleansing, and the radicalization of military, paramilitary and revolutionary violence have only recently become the focus of historical research. This volume situates the ‘Long First World War’ on the Eastern Front (1912–1923) in the hundred years from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century and explores the legacies of violence within this context. Content Jochen Böhler/Włodzimierz Borodziej/Joachim von Puttkamer: Introduction I. A World in Transition Joachim von Puttkamer: Collapse and Restoration. Politics and the Strains of War in Eastern Europe Mark Biondich: Eastern Borderlands and Prospective Shatter Zones. Identity and Conflict in East Central and Southeastern Europe on the Eve of the First World War Jochen Böhler: Generals and Warlords, Revolutionaries and Nation-State Builders. The First World War and its Aftermath in Central and Eastern Europe II. Occupation Jonathan E. Gumz: Losing Control. The Norm of Occupation in Eastern Europe during the First World War Stephan Lehnstaedt: Fluctuating between ‘Utilisation’ and Exploitation. Occupied East Central Europe during the First World War Robert L. Nelson: Utopias of Open Space. Forced Population Transfer Fantasies during the First World War III. Radicalization Maciej Górny: War on Paper? Physical Anthropology in the Service of States and Nations Piotr J. Wróbel: Foreshadowing the Holocaust. The Wars of 1914–1921 and Anti-Jewish Violence in Central and Eastern Europe Robert Gerwarth: Fighting the Red Beast. Counter-Revolutionary Violence in the Defeated States of Central Europe IV. Aftermath Julia Eichenberg: Consent, Coercion and Endurance in Eastern Europe. Poland and the Fluidity of War Experiences Philipp Ther: Pre-negotiated Violence. Ethnic Cleansing in the ‘Long’ First World War Dietrich Beyrau: The Long Shadow of the Revolution. Violence in War and Peace in the Soviet Union Commentary Jörn Leonhard: Legacies of Violence: Eastern Europe’s First World War – A Commentary from a Comparative Perspective
Author : R. Scott Sheffield,Noah Riseman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108424639
A transnational history of how Indigenous peoples mobilised en masse to support the war effort on the battlefields and the home fronts.
Author : David Reynolds
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393244298
Winner of the 2014 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for the Best Work of History. "If you only read one book about the First World War in this anniversary year, read The Long Shadow. David Reynolds writes superbly and his analysis is compelling and original." —Anne Chisolm, Chair of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Committee, and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature. One of the most violent conflicts in the history of civilization, World War I has been strangely forgotten in American culture. It has become a ghostly war fought in a haze of memory, often seen merely as a distant preamble to World War II. In The Long Shadow critically acclaimed historian David Reynolds seeks to broaden our vision by assessing the impact of the Great War across the twentieth century. He shows how events in that turbulent century—particularly World War II, the Cold War, and the collapse of Communism—shaped and reshaped attitudes to 1914–18. By exploring big themes such as democracy and empire, nationalism and capitalism, as well as art and poetry, The Long Shadow is stunningly broad in its historical perspective. Reynolds throws light on the vast expanse of the last century and explains why 1914–18 is a conflict that America is still struggling to comprehend. Forging connections between people, places, and ideas, The Long Shadow ventures across the traditional subcultures of historical scholarship to offer a rich and layered examination not only of politics, diplomacy, and security but also of economics, art, and literature. The result is a magisterial reinterpretation of the place of the Great War in modern history.
Author : David Koh Wee Hock
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9789812304681
Illustrates how the political and social fallout from the World War II is still alive and divisive in South and East Asia.
Author : Maartje Abbenhuis,Neill Atkinson,Kingsley Baird,Gail Romano
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319736853
This book explores the ramifications of 1917, arguing that it was a cataclysmic year in world history. In this volume, thirteen scholars reflect on the myriad legacies of the year 1917 as a year of war, revolution, upheaval and change. Crisscrossing the globe and drawing on a range of disciplinary approaches, from military, social and economic history to museum, memory and cultural studies, the collection highlights how the First World War remains ‘living history’. With contributions on the Russian revolutions, the entry of the United States into the war, the Caucasus and Flanders war fronts, as well as on India and New Zealand, and chapters by pre-eminent First World War academics, including Jay Winter, Annette Becker, and Michael Neiberg, the collection engages all with an interest in the era and in the history and commemoration of war.
Author : George Bernard Shaw
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-31
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9791041995066
"Common Sense About the War" is a collection of essays by George Bernard Shaw, the renowned Irish playwright, critic, and social reformer. Written during World War I, these essays offer Shaw's unique perspective on the conflict and its broader implications for society. In "Common Sense About the War," Shaw challenges prevailing attitudes towards war and nationalism, advocating for a more rational and humanitarian approach to international relations. He critiques the jingoism and propaganda that often accompany wartime rhetoric, urging readers to question the motives behind the conflict and to consider the human cost of war. Through his incisive analysis and biting wit, Shaw exposes the contradictions and hypocrisies of war propaganda, highlighting the role of vested interests and political manipulation in shaping public opinion. He calls for greater transparency and accountability in government decision-making, arguing that the true interests of the people are often sacrificed in the pursuit of power and profit.
Author : Frank Biess,Robert G. Moeller
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : 1845457323
In 1945, Europeans confronted a legacy of mass destruction and death: millions of families had lost their homes and livelihoods; millions of men in uniform had lost their lives; and millions more had been displaced by the war's destruction, and the genocidal policies of the Nazi regime. From a range of methodological historical perspectives--military, cultural, and social, to film and gender and sexuality studies--this volume explores how Europeans came to terms with these multiple pasts. With a focus on distinctive national experiences in both Eastern and Western Europe, it illuminates how postwar stabilization coexisted with persistent insecurities, injuries, and trauma.
Author : Robert Gerwarth,John Horne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199686056
The First World War did not end in November 1918. In Russia and Eastern Europe it finished up to a year earlier, and both there and elsewhere in Europe it triggered conflicts that lasted down to 1923. Paramilitary formations were prominent in this continuation of the war. They had some features of formal military organizations, but were used in opposition to the regular military as an instrument of revolution or as an adjunct or substitute for military forces when these were unable by themselves to put down a revolution (whether class or national). Paramilitary violence thus arose in different contexts. It was an important aspect of the violence unleashed by class revolution in Russia. It structured the counter-revolution in central and Eastern Europe, including Finland and Italy, which reacted against a mythic version of Bolshevik class violence in the name of order and authority. It also shaped the struggles over borders and ethnicity in the new states that replaced the multi-national empires of Russia, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Turkey. It was prominent on all sides in the wars for Irish independence. In many cases, paramilitary violence was charged with political significance and acquired a long-lasting symbolism and influence. War in Peace explores the differences and similarities between these various kinds of paramilitary violence within one volume for the first time. It thereby contributes to our understanding of the difficult transitions from war to peace. It also helps to re-situate the Great War in a longer-term context and to explain its enduring impact.
