Forgotten Wars - Central and Eastern Europe, 1912-1916

Examines the origins, outbreak and early campaigns of the First World War in Central and Eastern Europe to reconstruct the experiences, changes in minds, behaviour and habits of people, uniformed or not, males and females, from multiple nations located in an imagined triangle between Helsinki, Bucharest and Vienna.

List of contents

List of Figures; Introduction; Part I. The Fronts: 1. The Road to War; 2. Prelude: The Balkans 1912-1913; 3. Before the Leaves Fall from the Trees; 4. Breakthrough; Part II. The Rear: 5. The Hinterland; 6. The Hunger for Information; 7. Loyalties; Part III. Occupation: 8. The First Moments; 9. New Orders; 10. Mission Civilisatrice; Afterword; Select Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Włodzimierz Borodziej is Professor for Contemporary History at the University of Warsaw.Maciej Górny is Professor at the Tadeusz Manteuffel History Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.

Summary

Examines the origins, outbreak and early campaigns of the First World War in Central and Eastern Europe to reconstruct the experiences, changes in minds, behaviour and habits of people, uniformed or not, males and females, from multiple nations located in an imagined triangle between Helsinki, Bucharest and Vienna.

Additional text

'Of all the new histories of the First World War, this is the one that is the one that serious readers should pick up first. This is a new synthesis, bringing together the entire region in all of its variety, exploring the history of the empires and the experiences of the people. It will be discussed for many years to come.' Timothy Snyder, Yale University

Product details

• Authors: BORODZI W ODZIMIER, W¿odzimierz Borodziej, Wlodzimierz Borodziej, Włodzimierz Borodziej, Wlodzimierz (Uniwersytet Warszawski Borodziej, Maciej Gorny, Maciej Górny
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108837156
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83715-6
• No. of pages: 345
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Eastern Europe, European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Central Europe, c 1910 to c 1919, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)