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Zusatztext Ziemann's book offers a useful corrective to the legends surrounding the Fronterlebnis and the relations between soldiers and civilians that only began to emerge in the postwar years... The book marks an important advance in the growing body of work on the actual effects of World War I on German society. Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Ziemann is Professor of Modern German History at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is the author of many books and articles on twentieth-century German and European history and a renowned expert in the comparative military and cultural history of the First World War. His books include Contested Commemorations: Republican War Veterans and Weimar Political Culture (2013) , War Experiences in Rural Germany, 1914-1923 (2007), and as co-editor, Understanding the Imaginary War: Culture, Thought and Nuclear Conflict, 1945-90 (2016) . Zusammenfassung World War I was a uniquely devastating total war that surpassed all previous conflicts for its destruction. But what was the reality like on the ground, for both the soldiers on the front-lines and the women on the home front? This book examines this question in detail and challenges some strongly held assumptions about the Great War. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionDepression, August 1914Military Cohesion, 1914-1918FluctuationRoutines of Everyday LifeDiscipline and IdeologyWar Weariness, 1914-1918InjusticeExpectations and DisappointmentsDisobedienceMentalities, 1914-1918HomesicknessReligious StabilisationNational Identity?Village Communities, 1914-1923Peasant Wifes, 1914-1918Agrarian Economy and Inflation, 1914-1923Agrarian Mobilisation: Protests and PoliticsSocial ConflictsVeterans, 1918-1923 Demobilisation, 1918-1921Defensive Mobilisation: Paramilitary Groups, 1918-1921Veterans' AssociationsWar MemorialsConclusion
