Dynamic of Destruction Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War

Name: Dynamic of Destruction Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War
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ISBN: 9780199543779

ISBN-10: 0199543771

ISBN-13: 9780199543779

Edition: 2008

Authors: Alan Kramer, Alan Kramer

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From the Western Front to the Balkans, from Italy to the war in the East, the First World War was the most apocalyptic conflict the world had ever known. Hailed by the New York Times Book Review as both "stimulating, scholarly, and shrewd" and "rich in original ideas," Dynamic of Destruction reveals how and why the civilized nations of Europe descended into an unprecedented orgy of destruction. Using a wide range of examples and striking eye-witness accounts from England, France, Germany, and elsewhere, award-winning historian Alan Kramer brings home the reality of the Great War, painting a picture of an entire continent plunging into a chilling new world of mass mobilization, total…

Book details

List price: $35.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 450
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Maps


Abbreviations


Introduction



The Burning of Louvain



The Radicalization of Warfare



The Warriors



German Singularity?



Culture and War



Trench Warfare and its Consequences



War, Bodies, and Minds



Victory, Trauma, and Post-War Disorder


Conclusion


Historiographical Note



Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land (1907)


Notes


Bibliography


Sources and Acknowledgements for Illustrations


Index