German Soldier Newspapers of the First World War

Informationen zum Autor Robert L. Nelson is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Windsor. He is editor of Germans, Poland, and Colonial Expansion to the East: 1850 through the Present (2009). Klappentext First systematic study of German soldier newspapers as a representation of daily life on the front during the Great War. Zusammenfassung This book is the first systematic study of German soldier newspapers as a representation of daily life on the front during the First World War. It reveals the importance of comradeship and manliness in soldier identity! both for soldiers' morale as well as for justifying the treatment of occupied civilians. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Authorship, censorship, readership; 2. National culture, national cohesion; 3. Comradeship; 4. German comrades, Slavic women; 5. Occupation and justification; 6. Conclusion; Appendix. German soldier newspapers; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Robert L Nelson, Robert L. Nelson, Robert L. (University of Windsor Nelson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2011
• EAN: 9780521192910
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19291-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare; Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, European History, Germany, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), News media and journalism, Military life & institutions, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Military institutions, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I