German Anglophobia and the Great War, 1914-1918

Zusammenfassung The first major study of German attitudes towards England during the Great War, 1914–18. This book focuses on the extremity of anti-English feeling in Germany, and on the attempt by writers, propagandists and cartoonists to redefine Britain as the chief enemy of the German people and their cultural heritage. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Unser gehasstester Feind: German Anglophobia and the 'spirit of 1914'; 2. The cultural war: German intellectuals and England; 3. German war aims and propaganda against England; 4. 'U-boat demagogy' and the crisis of Bethmann-Hollweg's chancellorship; 5. The submarine crisis deepens; 6. The Anglo-American powers and the collapse of the German empire; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Stibbe, Matthew (Liverpool Hope University) Stibbe
• Assisted by: Paul Kennedy (Editor), Jay Winter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.06.2006
• EAN: 9780521027281
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02728-1
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cult
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science