The legacies of two world wars
Subtitle: European societies in the twentieth century
By: edited by Lothar Kettenacker & Torsten Riotte
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780857451804
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Social conditions; World War, 1939-1945; War and society; Military History; Influence; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Old Europe" and the legacy of two world wars / Lothar Kettenacker and Torsten Riotte; title: Prevention or regulation of war? : the Hague peace conferences as a limited tool for reforming the international system before 1914 / Jost Dülffer; title: "The spirit of 1914" : a critical examination of war enthusiasm in German society / Gerhard Hirschfeld; title: Construction and deconstruction of the idea of French "war enthusiasm" in 1914 / Nicolas Beaupré; title: The mood in Britain, 1914 / Hartmut von Pogge Strandmann; title: The First World War in the history of the Weimar Republic / Gerd Krumreich; title: Fascism and legacy of the Great War / Angelo Ventrone; title: The French desire for peace and security in the 1920's / Jean-Claude Allain; title: Britain in the wake in the Great War / Jay Winter; title: Germany : war without public backing / Hans Mommsen; title: The French entry into the war in September 1939 : between reluctans and resignation / Barbara Lambauer; title: Great Britain : declaring war as a matter of honour / Lothar Kettenacker; title: Disillusionment, pragmatism, indifference : German society after the "catastrophe" / Clemens Vollnhals; title: The French after 1945 : difficulties and disappointments of an immediate post-war period / Fabrice Grenard; title: Great Britain : remembering a just war (1945-1950) / Toby Haggith; title: Italy after 1945 : war and peace, defeat and liberation / Gustavo Corni.