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Informationen zum Autor Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee and Frans Coetzee are independent scholars; they have previously taught at Yale and George Washington Universities. Marilyn is the author of The German Army League: Popular Nationalism in Wilhelmine Germany (1990) and Frans the author of For Party or Country: Nationalism and the Dilemmas of Popular Conservatism in Edwardian England (1990). Together, they have co-edited Authority, Identity and the Social History of the Great War (1995); World War I and European Society: A Sourcebook (1995); World War I: A History in Documents, Second Edition (2011); and The World in Flames: A World War II Sourcebook (2011). Klappentext Empires, Soldiers, and Citizens 2/e offers a vivid range of eyewitness perspectives - from female munitions workers to Indian troops in France - which explore the social, cultural, and military dimensions of World War I. This second edition includes added material to reflect the very latest historical thinking.* Combines documents and themes that have proven successful in the first edition with new sources and topics that are currently at the forefront of historical debate and research* Now features 59 new documents which illustrate the imperial dimensions of the conflict and broaden the coverage of 'war culture' and developments in Eastern Europe* Documents have been included which pay particular attention to the experiences and perspectives of ordinary people, whose voices are often underrepresented in broad accounts* The bibliography has been expanded and completely updated, complemented by a new series of maps and illustrations "This accessible addition to source material on WW I should facilitate a focused yet general understanding of the war's incredible scope without overwhelming readers with the detailed minutiae often found in primary source material. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-and upper-level undergraduates; general readers." ( Choice , 1 September 2013) Zusammenfassung Empires, Soldiers, and Citizens 2/e offers a vivid range of eyewitness perspectives - from female munitions workers to Indian troops in France - which explore the social, cultural, and military dimensions of World War I. This second edition includes added material to reflect the very latest historical thinking. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps xiii Chronology xv Preface xix I The Mood of 1914 1 War Comes to France 6 1. A Nation Suddenly United 7 2. We Shall Be without Fear 12 3. On the Way to the Front 14 Russia: For the Tsar and Motherland 15 4. The View from St. Petersburg 15 5. Russia's Popular Mood 18 Germany: For the Kaiser and Fatherland 18 6. A Just War against England 19 7. The Socialist Alternative 21 8. German Socialists Support the War 22 9. Thoughts on Mobilization 23 Britain and the Empire Mobilize 23 10. Popular Hysteria 24 11. Recruiting for War 26 12. A British Student in Arms 29 13. A Canadian Clergyman at War 31 14. The View from the Cameroons 33 II War on the Western Front 37 Adapting to Trench Warfare 40 1. Life Different as Possible 41 2. The Attack 45 3. War is Like a Big Picnic 49 4. All the World Over a Boy is a Boy, a Mother a Mother 51 5. War Diary of the Seaforth Highlanders 53 6. A Working Party 55 7. A Canadian in the Trenches 56 8. Report on the Afternoon's Actions 58 9. Indian Units in France 59 Commitment, Duty or Disillusion: German Students Assess the War 61 10. The Readiness to Make a Sacrifice 62 11. My Life is no Longer My Own 64 12. I Look upon Death and Call upon Life 65 13. Here One becomes another Man 66 14. Copse 125 67 Humor and Morale 69 15. War...
