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.

Foreword

Examines the origins, outbreak and early campaigns of the First World War in Central and Eastern Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Włodzimierz Borodziej, Wlodzimierz (Uniwersytet Warszawski Borodziej, Maciej Górny
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781108940382
• ISBN: 978-1-108-94038-2
• No. of pages: 389
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; 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)