Irish The University at War, 1914-25

Britain, France, and the United States
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-40946-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave History Collection

Drawing on examples from Britain, France, and the United States, this book examines how scholars and scholarship found themselves mobilized to solve many problems created by modern warfare in World War I, and the many consequences of this for higher education which have lasted almost a century.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Irish, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: MOBILIZING FOR WAR 1. The University Goes to War 2. The Application of Specialist Knowledge 3. War at the University PART II: THE CONSEQUENCES OF MOBILIZATION 4. Toward Cultural Alliance 5. The Organizational Challenges of War 6. Fashioning an Expert Peace PART III: LEGACY 7. Returning to Normal? 8. Internationalism after the War, 1918-25 Conclusion Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Tomás Irish is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for War Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.