War Land on the Eastern Front - Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I

Zusammenfassung This compelling study examines the experience of German soldiers on the Eastern front in World War I. It reveals an important legacy of the war! which conditioned German relations with Eastern Europe! especially during later Nazi occupation. It fills a yawning gap in the literature of the Great War. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Coming to war land; 2. The military utopia; 3. The movement policy; 4. The Kultur program; 5. The mindscape of the East; 6. Crisis; 7. Freikorps madness; 8. The triumph of Raum; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Vejas Gabriel (University of Tennesse Liulevicius, Vejas Gabriel (University of Tennessee Liulevicius, Liulevicius Vejas Gabriel
• Assisted by: Jay Winter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.05.2000
• EAN: 9780521661577
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66157-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare; Studies in the Social and Cult
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous