Companion to World War I

Name: Companion to World War I
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ISBN: 9781119968702

ISBN-10: 1119968704

ISBN-13: 9781119968702

Edition: 2012

Authors: John Horne

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A Companion to the First World War brings together a team of distinguished historians from 10 countries who contribute 38 substantial and thought–provoking chapters. In addition to covering the military history of the war and the individual states involved, contributors explore major themes such as war crimes, occupations, film, and gender. Reflecting the latest historical research, this Companion enriches our understanding of the origins, nature, and impact of what remains one of the most devastating events in modern history.

Book details

List price: $64.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 736
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 1.32" tall
Weight: 2.750



List of Maps


Notes on Contributors


Editor's Acknowledgments


Introduction




Origins



The War Imagined: 1890-1914




The War Explained: 1914 to the Present




The Military Conflict



The War Experienced: Command, Strategy, and Tactics, 1914-18




War in the West, 1914-16




War in the East and Balkans, 1914-18




The Italian Front, 1915-18




The Turkish War, 1914-18




The War in Africa




War in the West, 1917-18




The War at Sea




The War in the Air




Faces of War



Combat




Combatants and Noncombatants: Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes




War Aims and Neutrality




Industrial Mobilization and War Economies




Faith, Ideologies, and the "Cultures of War"




Demography




Women and Men




Public Opinion and Politics




Military Medicine




Science and Technology




Intellectuals and Writers




The Visual Arts




Film and the War




States, Nations, and Empires



Austria-Hungary and "Yugoslavia"




Belgium




Britain and Ireland




France




Germany




German-Occupied Eastern Europe




Italy




Russia




The Ottoman Empire




The United States




The French and British Empires




Legacies



The Peace Settlement, 1919-39




War after the War: Conflicts, 1919-23




Mourning and Memory, 1919-23



Select Primary Sources


Extended Bibliography


Index