14-18
14-18: understanding the Great War Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau and Annette Becker; translated from the French by Catherine Temerson
Publisher: New York : Hill and Wang, 2003, c2002.
ISBN: 0809046431
DDC: 940.344
Notes:
Translation of: 14-18, retrouver la Guerre.
"English translation originally published in 2002 by Profile Books,
Great Britain as 1914-1918: understanding the Great War"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Understanding the Great War -- I. Violence: Battle,
combat, violence: a necessary history -- Civilians: atrocities and
occupation -- The camp phenomenon: the internment of civilians and
military prisoners -- II. Crusade: The beginnings of war --
Civilisation, barbarism and war fervour -- Great expectations,
eschatology, demobilisation -- III. Mourning: Historicising grief --
Collective mourning -- Personal bereavement -- Conclusion: 'You
didn't see anything in the 1920s and 1930'.
Language: eng
Physical Description: 280 p. ; 21 cm.
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