14-18 : understanding the Great War
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- ISBN: 0809046431
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280 pages ; 22 cm - Edition Hill and Wang pbk. ed.
- Publisher New York : Hill and Wang, 2003.
- Copyright ©2002
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General Note: | "English translation originally published in 2002 by Profile Books, Great Britain, as 1914-1918: understanding the Great War."--T.p. verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-272) and index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.50 |
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14-18: Understanding the Great War
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Table of Contents
14-18: Understanding the Great War
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Introduction: Understanding the Great War | p. 1 | |
I. | Violence | |
1 | Battle, combat, violence: a necessary history | p. 15 |
2 | Civilians: atrocities and occupation | p. 45 |
3 | The camp phenomenon: the internment of civilians and military prisoners | p. 70 |
II. | Crusade | |
4 | The beginnings of war | p. 94 |
5 | Civilisation, barbarism and war fervour | p. 113 |
6 | Great expectations, eschatology, demobilisation | p. 159 |
III. | Mourning | |
7 | Historicising grief | p. 175 |
8 | Collective mourning | p. 182 |
9 | Personal bereavement | p. 203 |
Conclusion: 'You didn't see anything in the 1920s and 1930s' | p. 226 | |
Notes | p. 239 | |
Index | p. 273 |