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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 second 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, The People's War takes a new look at the 'wars of unification' and charts the rise of nationalism and the breakdown of the existing state system in the 1850s and 1860s. Zusammenfassung The second 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, The People's War takes a new look at the 'wars of unification' and charts the rise of nationalism and the breakdown of the existing state system in the 1850s and 1860s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Military Violence in German History Part I: The Romance of War, 1820-1864 1: Histories of Conflict 2: Life in the German Armies 3: Domestic Violence 4: Revolution and Civil War 5: War Reports Part II: The Horror of War, 1864-1888 6: War and the Nation 7: Blood in the Sand 8: Brothers-at-War 9: The War of the Germans 10: Shock and Awe: The Aftermath of Conflict Conclusion: Reflections on Violence ...
