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14-18, understanding the Great War / Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau and Annette Becker ; translated from the French by Catherine Temerson.

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  • ISBN: 0809046423
  • ISBN: 9780809046423
  • Physical Description: v, 280 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First American edition
  • Publisher: New York : Hill and Wang, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translation originally published: Great Britain : Profile Books, 2002.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-272) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Understanding the Great War 1 -- I. Violence -- 1 Battle, combat, violence: a necessary history 15 -- 2 Civilians: atrocities and occupation 45 -- 3 Camp phenomenon: the internment of civilians and military prisoners 70 -- II. Crusade -- 4 Beginnings of war 94 -- 5 Civilisation, barbarism and war fervour 113 -- 6 Great expectations, eschatology, demobilisation 159 -- III. Mourning -- 7 Historicising grief 175 -- 8 Collective mourning 182 -- 9 Personal bereavement 203 -- Conclusion: 'You didn't see anything in the 1920s and 1930s' 226.
Subject:
Bereavement > Europe > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Europe > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > Europe > History > 20th century.
Violence > Europe > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918 > Psychological aspects.
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects.
World War, 1914-1918 > France.
World War, 1914-1918 > France > Psychological aspects.

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