At the eleventh hour
Subtitle: reflections, hopes and anxieties at the closing of the Great War, 1918.
By: [edited by Hugh Cecil & Peter H. Liddle].
Contributors: Cecil, Hugh; Liddle, Peter.
Publisher: Leo Cooper; Brand: Leo Cooper Ltd.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Armistices.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects.
Description: "When the Great War of 1914-1918 came to a close, the reaction of the belligerent countries ranged from hope and joy to despair and anxiety, from a sense of release to anger, or bewilderment. In France and the British Empire, for example, the mood of triumph was tempered for many by an awareness of losses in dead and disabled or of unfinished business. Among those American soldiers who missed the fighting, there were those who felt disappointment. Social fissures coloured Belgian responses even in the hour of victory. In Germany, there was relief, but also disbelief and bitterness in defeat. The Slav populations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire eagerly greeted the moment of their liberation. The Japanese viewed the coming of peace with detachment. This volume, written by historical scholars from all over the world, draws on their specialist expertise and from original letters, diaries, public records and newspapers, to chart and analyse reactions in particular countries."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-381) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I INTRODUCTORY; title: Chapter 1 Hugh Cecil & Peter Liddle: Armistice: National; title: Reactions and Reflections, September/November I9I8 3; title: Chapter 2 Bullitt Lowry: Negotiating and Signing the Armistices 17; title: Part II THE ELEVENTH OF NOVEMBER ARMISTICE; title: Chapter 3 Heinz Hagenliicke: Germany and the Armistice 33; title: Chapter 4 Peter Liddle: Britons Overseas 52; title: Chapter 5 Peter Liddle: Britons on the Home Front 68; title: Chapter 6 Allain Bernede: The French 84; title: Chapter 7 Mark Derez: Belgium: A Soldier's Tale Io8; title: Chapter 8 James Cooke: The Americans 142; title: Chapter 9 Ashley Ekins: Australians at the End of the Great War 157; title: Chapter 10 Dean Oliver: A Canadian Armistice 181; title: Chapter 11 Sanjoy Bhattacharya: Anxious Celebrations: British; title: India and the Armistice I89; title: Chapter 12 Christopher Pugsley: New Zealand: "The Heroes; title: Lie in France" zoo; title: Chapter 13 Bill Nasson: Armistice 1915 and 1918: The South African; title: Experience 213; title: Chapter 14 Naoko Shimazu: Detached and Indifferent: The Japanese; title: Response 224; title: Part III THE BULGARIAN, TURKISH AND AUSTRIAN ARMISTICES,; title: THE BALKANS AND ITALY; title: Chapter 15 Imanuel Geiss: Armistice in Eastern Europe and the; title: Fatal Sequels: Successor States and Wars 1918-23 237; title: Chapter 16 Richard Crampton: Deprivation, Desperation and; title: Degradation: Bulgaria in Defeat 255; title: Chapter 17 Erik Ziircher: The Ottoman Empire and the Armistice of; title: Mudros 266; title: Chapter 18 Avihai Shivtiel: The Arabs from War to Peace 276; title: Chapter 19 Mark Cornwall: Austria-Hungary 285; title: Chapter 20 Irene Guerrini & Marco Pluviano: Italy:; title: A Difficult Peace 301; title: Part IV THE LEGACY; title: Chapter 21 John Bourne: The European and International Consequences; title: of the Armistice 315; title: Chapter 22 Hugh Cecil: "I say it is a victory": The Armistice in British,; title: French, German and American Literature 327 7; title: Chapter 23 Matthew Richardson: A Changing Meaning for Armistice; title: Day 347.