Emergency Powers and the Home Fronts in Britain and Germany During - the First World Wa

About the author

André Keil is a Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at Liverpool John Moores University. He previously held lectureships at Durham University and the University of Sunderland. His research and teaching covers German and British history between 1850 and 1950. He has published widely on the history of the state of exception, the history of dictatorships and authoritarian politics, the First World War, and the politics of memory culture in modern Germany.

Summary

The book offers a wealth of local examples that explain how ideologies and perceptions of the 'enemy within' shaped the use of repressive emergency powers by politicians, police, and military.

Product details

• Authors: André Keil, Andre (Senior Lecturer in Modern European Hi Keil
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2025
• EAN: 9780198918547
• ISBN: 978-0-19-891854-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Studies in German History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; European History, First World War, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, British & Irish history, Political science and theory, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I