Western Front - Battleground and Home Front in the First World War

This study of World War I crosses the boundaries of national histories to examine the various connections between the 400-mile-long Western Front and the home fronts of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, the United States, and other participants. A thorough reexamination of the Great War has been underway since the 1970s and this book draws on enormously rich primary and secondary sources to synthesize a complex event, rethinking the patterns of war, society, culture, and governance in the early twentieth century.

Sommario

Preface - Origins, Preconditions, Outbreak - Mobility and Unity - Stalemate and Mobilization, 1915-1916 - Innovation, Persuasion, Centralization - The Crucible of War, 1916 - 1917: New Strains, New War - Transformations: Politics, Culture, Warfare - Collapse, Armistice, Conclusions - Notes - Suggested Reading - Index

Info autore

HUNT TOOLEY is Professor of History at Austin College, Texas. He is a specialist in the period of the First World War and is the author of National Identity and Weimar Germany.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hunt Tooley
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.05.2003
• EAN: 9780333650639
• ISBN: 978-0-333-65063-9
• Pagine: 320
• Serie: EUROPEAN HISTORY IN PERSPECTIV
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione