A World at War, 1911-1949

Explorations in the Cultural History of War
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-27667-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 124, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Reihe: History of Warfare

In A World At War, 1911-1949, leading and emerging scholars of the cultural history of the two world wars begin to break down the traditional barriers between the historiographies of the two conflicts, identifying commonalities as well as casting new light on each as part of a broader mission, in honour of Professor John Horne, to expand the boundaries of academic exploration of warfare in the 20th century.
Utilizing techniques and approaches developed by cultural historians of the First World War, this volume showcases and explores four crucial themes relating to the socio-cultural attributes and representation of war that cut across both the First and Second World Wars: cultural mobilization, the nature and depiction of combat, the experience of civilians under fire, and the different meanings of victory and defeat.
Contributors are: Annette Becker, Robert Dale, Alex Dowdall, Robert Gerwarth, John Horne, Tomás Irish, Heather Jones, Alan Kramer, Edward Madigan, Anthony McElligott, Michael S. Neiberg, John Paul Newman, Catriona Pennell, Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses, Daniel Todman, and Jay Winter.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Pennell, Catriona

Ribeiro de Meneses, Filipe

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Catriona Pennell and Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses

Part 1: Mobilizing Minds

1 Cultural Mobilization: Henry Moore and the Two World Wars

J.M. Winter

2 Petitioning the World: Intellectuals and Cultural Mobilization in the Great War

Tomás Irish

3 ‘German Servicemen See Europe’: Cultural Mobilization of Troops on the Aegean ‘Quiet Front’

Anthony McElligott

Part 2: Soldiering: Experience and Representation

4 The Sharp End: Witnessing, Perpetrating, and Suffering Violence in 20th Century Wars

Alan Kramer

5 The Isle of Saints and Soldiers: The Evolving Image of the Irish Combatant, 1914–1918

Heather Jones and Edward Madigan

6 “For What and For Whom Were We Fighting?” Red Army Soldiers, Combat Motivation and Survival Strategies on the Eastern Front in the Second World War

Robert Dale

Part 3: Civilians under Fire

7 Against Civilians: Atrocities, Extermination, and Genocide from One World War to the Other, 1942/44–1914

Annette Becker

8 Mobility and Immobility in Civilian Experiences of the First World War: Refugees and Occupied Populations in Europe, 1914–1918

Alex Dowdall

9 Occupation, Memory, and Cultural Demobilization: Paris as Case Study

Michael S. Neiberg

Part 4: Victory and Defeat

10 Post-wars and Violence: Europe between 1918 and the Later 1940s

Robert Gerwarth

11 A Croat Iliad? Miroslav Krleža and the Refractions of Victory and Defeat in Central Europe

John Paul Newman

12 “The Worst Disaster”: British Reactions to the Fall of Singapore

Daniel Todman

A World at War: 1911–1949: Conclusion

John Horne

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Catriona Pennell, Ph.D. (2008), Trinity College Dublin, is Associate Professor of History at the University of Exeter. She has published widely on the socio-cultural history of the First World War and its commemoration, including A Kingdom United: Popular Responses to the Outbreak of the First World War in Britain and Ireland (OUP, 2012).

Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses, Ph.D. (1996), Trinity College Dublin, is Professor of History and Head of Department at Maynooth University. He has written extensively on Portugal in the 20th century, from the First World War to the decolonization of Southern Africa.