Jesse Kauffman explains why Germany's ambitious attempt at nation-building in Poland during WWI failed. The educational and political institutions Germany built for its satellite state could not alleviate Poland's hostility to the plundering of its resources to fuel Germany's wa…
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: The Unknown War and Its Forgotten Occupation -- Special Paths, Drives to the East, and Colonial Turns -- Occupations and the Great War in European History -- Poland's Forgotten Great War -- The Search for Ord…
As World War I dragged on into 1915, German armies along the Western Front settled into stalemate with entrenched British and French forces. But in the East the picture was quite different. The Kaiser's army routed the Russians, took possession of Polish territory, and attempted…
Jesse Kauffman explains why Germany's ambitious attempt at nation-building in Poland during WWI failed. The educational and political institutions Germany built for its satellite state could not alleviate Poland's hostility to the plundering of its resources to fuel Germany's wa…