"During the Great War, mass killing took place on an unprecedented scale. Violence and the German Soldier in the Great War explores the practice of violence in the German army and demonstrates how the killing of enemy troops, the deaths of German soldiers and their survival were…
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 The First World War as a Laboratory of Violence -- I The First World War as a 'total war' -- II The historical analysis of wartime violence -- III Eye-ca…
"The first systematic analysis of the contexts and practices of violence in the German army in World War One"--Provided by publisher.
"The first systematic analysis of the contexts and practices of violence in the German army in World War One"--Provided by publisher
"The first systematic analysis of the contexts and practices of violence in the German army in World War One"--Provided by publisher
"The first systematic analysis of the contexts and practices of violence in the German army in World War One"--Provided by publisher.
World War I was a devastating total war. But what was the reality like on the ground in Germany, for both the soldiers on the front-lines and the women on the homefront? This book examines this question in detail and challenges some strongly held assumptions about the Great War.
World War I was a devastating total war. But what was the reality like on the ground in Germany, for both the soldiers on the front-lines and the women on the homefront? This book examines this question in detail and challenges some strongly held assumptions about the Great War.
"This pathbreaking book paints a vivid picture of the dynamics of total war on rural communities, from the calling up of troops to the reintegration of veterans into society. Drawing on intimate firsthand accounts in diaries and letters, it challenges some strongly held assumpti…
