Absolute War - Violence and Mass Warfare in the German Lands, 1792-1820

Zusatztext These two volumes are clearly structured, fluently written, and open up a broad panorama of contemporary German views on violence and warfare. ... We can look forward to the third volume in the trilogy. Informationen zum Autor Mark Hewitson is a Professor of German History and Politics, and Director of European Social and Political Studies at University College London. His publications include monographs on National Identity and Political Thought in Germany (2000), Germany and the Causes of the First World War (2004), Nationalism in Germany, 1848-1866 (2010), and History and Causality (2014). He is the co-editor of What is a Nation? Europe, 1789-1914 (2006, with Timothy Baycroft), and of Europe in Crisis: Intellectuals and the European Idea, 1917-1957 (2012, with Matthew D'Auria). Klappentext The first of three volumes from Mark Hewitson which explore the experiences of conflict in modern Germany, and the resounding impact of these across Europe and the world, Absolute War reassesses the meaning of military conflict for the millions of German subjects who were directly implicated in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Zusammenfassung The first of three volumes from Mark Hewitson which explore the experiences of conflict in modern Germany, and the resounding impact of these across Europe and the world, Absolute War reassesses the meaning of military conflict for the millions of German subjects who were directly implicated in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mark Hewitson, Mark (Professor of German History and Po Hewitson, Hewitson Mark
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.02.2017
• EAN: 9780198787457
• ISBN: 978-0-19-878745-7
• Pagine: 318
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Historical Geography, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Historical Geography