The Great War and Veterans' Internationalism [electronic resource] /
Eichenberg, J.editor.
Newman, J.editor.
After the Great War, Veterans were a new transnational mass phenomenon. This volume uses case studies to discuss the extent and impact of international veterans' organisations and draws out important comparative points between well-researched and documented movements and those that are less well-known.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: The Great War and Veterans' Internationalism; 2 René Cassin and the Victory of French Citizen-Soldiers; 3 'The Legion that Sailed but Never Went'. The British Legion and the Munich Crisis of 1938; 4 Well-Armed Internationalism: American Veteran Organizations and the Crafting of an 'Associated' Veterans' Internationalism, 1919-1939; 5 Polish Eagles and Peace Doves: Polish Veterans between Nationalism and Internationalism
6 Allied Yugoslavia: Serbian Great War Veterans and their Internationalist Ties7 Social Benefits and the Rhetoric of Peace in Czechoslovak Veteran Organizations; 8 German Veterans' Associations and the Culture of Peace: The Case of the Reichsbanner; 9 The Italian Associazione Nazionale Mutilati e Invalidi di Guerra and Its International Liaisons in the Post Great War Era; 10 International Veterans' Organizations and the Promotion of Disarmament between the Two World Wars; 11 Beyond Cultures of Victory and Cultures of Defeat? Inter-war Veterans' Internationalism
Annex: Meetings of the International Veterans' MovementSuggestions for Further Reading; Index
Includes index.
After the Great War, Veterans were a new transnational mass phenomenon. This volume uses case studies to discuss the extent and impact of international veterans' organisations and draws out important comparative points between well-researched and documented movements and those that are less well-known.
Military history.
History, Modern.
World history.
Social history.
Europe—History.
World War, 1939-1945.
History of Military.
Modern History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Social History.
European History.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.