The Great War in history : debates and controversies, 1914 to the present / Jay Winter and Antoine Prost.
Series: Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; no. 21Publication details: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2005. Description: viii, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0521850835; 0521616336 (pbk.)Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- HistoriographyDDC classification: 940.3/09 LOC classification: D522.42. | W56 2005Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Book review (H-Net) | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Preface; Introduction; 1. Three historiographical configurations; 2. Politicians and diplomats: why war and for what aims?; 3. Generals and ministers: who commanded and how?; 4. Soldiers: how did they wage war?; 5. Businessmen, industrialists and bankers: how was the economic war waged?; 6. Workers: did war prevent or provoke revolution?; 7. Civilians: how did they make war and survive it?; 8. Agents of memory: how did people live between remembrance and forgetting?; 9. The Great War in history; Bibliography; Index.
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Fischer Hall Library Main shelves | D522.42. W56 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Purchased with the support of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. | B000371 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-240) and index.
Preface; Introduction; 1. Three historiographical configurations; 2. Politicians and diplomats: why war and for what aims?; 3. Generals and ministers: who commanded and how?; 4. Soldiers: how did they wage war?; 5. Businessmen, industrialists and bankers: how was the economic war waged?; 6. Workers: did war prevent or provoke revolution?; 7. Civilians: how did they make war and survive it?; 8. Agents of memory: how did people live between remembrance and forgetting?; 9. The Great War in history; Bibliography; Index.