Jay Winter

Great War in History (eBook, PDF)

Debates and Controversies, 1914 to the Present

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Since the Armistice, a vast literature has been produced on the First World War and its repercussions. In this 2005 book, two leading historians from the United States and France have produced a fully comparative analysis of the ways in which this history has been written and interpreted. The book identifies three generations of historians, literary scholars, film directors and writers who have commented upon the war. Through a thematic structure, it assesses not only diplomatic and military studies but also the social and cultural interpretations of the Great War as seen primarily through the eyes of French, German and British writers. It provides a fascinating case study of the practice of history in the twentieth century and of the enduring importance of the national lens in shaping historical narrative. This interesting study will prove invaluable reading to scholars and students in history, war studies, European history and international relations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511126727
• Artikelnr.: 38192235

Autorenporträt

Jay Winter is Professor Emeritus at Yale University, Connecticut. He is the author of Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History (Cambridge, 1995) and editor of The Cambridge History of the First World War (Cambridge, 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Preface to the English edition (2004)
Preface to the English edition (2020)
Introduction
1. Three historiographical configurations
2. Politicians and diplomats: why war and for what aims?
3. Generals and ministers: who commanded and how?
4. Soldiers: how did they wage war?
5. Businessmen, industrialists and bankers: how was the economic war waged?
6. Workers: did war prevent or provoke revolution?
7. Civilians: how did they make war and survive it?
8. Agents of memory: Witnesses and historians, 1918-2000
9. A new century: the age of the internet
10. Writing the history of the Great War, 2000-2020
Conclusion: After the Centenary
Select bibliography
Index.