Title: Finding common ground : new directions in First World War studies /
Authors: Keene, Jennifer D., 1962-; Neiberg, Michael S.
Publisher: Brill,
Year: 2011
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Historiography; World War, 1914-1918
Abstract: Representing cutting-edge scholarship in First World War studies, this anthology demonstrates the possibility of finding common ground in how cultural, social, and military historians study the war. Essays focus on decisions of commanders, inter-allied negotiations, trench culture, prisoners of war, the sailors' war, key developments along the Eastern Front, and how colonial troops experienced the war. Other essays consider impact of the war on civilians under occupation, the creation of humanitarian relief missions, and how the memory of the war affected postwar pacifist movements and the problems faced by wounded veterans. Together these essays underscore how conversations among historians across international and cross-disciplinary boundaries result in dynamic and original scholarship that enhances our understanding of this global conflict--Publisher's description.
Contents: Introduction : who owns the battlefield? / Jennifer D. Keene and Michael S. Neiberg -- Why are we still interested in this old war? / Roger Chickering -- Black-hearted traitors, crucified martyrs, and the leaning virgin : the role of rumor and the Great War Canadian soldier / Tim Cook -- "Their Lordships regret that-- " : Admiralty perceptions of and responses to allegations of lower deck disquiet / Laura Rowe -- Imperialism, nationalism and the First World War in India / Santanu Das -- Letters from captivity : the First World War correspondence of the German prisoners of war in the United Kingdom / Brian Feltman -- Schools, state-building, and national conflict in German- occupied Poland, 1915-1918 / Jesse Kauffman -- Humanitarian relief in Europe and the analogue of war, 1914-1918 / Branden Little -- Railroads and the operational level of war in the German 1918 offensives / David T. Zabecki -- Liaisons not so dangerous : First World War liaison officers and Marshal Ferdinand Foch / Elizabeth Greenhalgh -- The junior partner : Anglo-American military cooperation in World War I / Mark Grotelueschen -- "The crusade of youth" : pacifism and the militarization of youth culture in Marc Sangnier's Peace Congresses, 1923-32 / Gearoid Barry -- Militarizing the disabled : medicine, industry, and "total mobilization" in World War I Germany / Heather Perry -- "Suspicious pacifists" : the dilemma of Polish veterans fighting war during the 1920s and 1930s / Julia Eichenberg.