The Legacies of Two World Wars : : European Societies in the Twentieth Century /

The Legacies of Two World Wars : : European Societies in the Twentieth Century / / ed. by Lothar Kettenacker, Torsten Riotte.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Allain, Jean-Claude,
Beaupré, Nicolas,
Corni, Gustavo,
Dülffer, Jost,
Grenard, Fabrice,
Haggith, Toby,
Hirschfeld, Gerhard,
Kettenacker, Lothar,
Krumeich, Gerd,
Lambauer, Barbara,
Mommsen, Hans,
Pogge von Strandmann, Hartmut,
Riotte, Torsten,
Ventrone, Angelo,
Vollnhals, Clemens,
Winter, Jay,
HerausgeberIn:
Kettenacker, Lothar,
Riotte, Torsten,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (334 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • 1. ‘Old Europe’ and the Legacy of Two World Wars
  • 2. Prevention or Regulation of War? The Hague Peace Conferences as a Limited Tool for Reforming the International System before 1914
  • 3. ‘The Spirit of 1914’: A Critical Examination of War Enthusiasm in German Society
  • 4. Construction and Deconstruction of the Idea of French ‘War Enthusiasm’ in 1914
  • 5. The Mood in Britain in 1914
  • 6. The First World War in the History of the Weimar Republic
  • 7. Fascism and the Legacy of the Great War
  • 8. The French Desire for Peace and Security in the 1920s
  • 9. Britain in the Wake of the Great War
  • 10. Germany: War without Public Backing?
  • 11. The French Entry into the War in September 1939: Between Reluctance and Resignation
  • 12. Great Britain: Declaring War as a Matter of Honour
  • 13. Disillusionment, Pragmatism, Indifference: German Society aft er the ‘Catastrophe’
  • 14. The French aft er 1945: Difficulties and Disappointments of an Immediate Post-War Period
  • 15. Great Britain: Remembering a Just War (1945–1950)
  • 16. Italy after 1945: War and Peace, Defeat and Liberation
  • Bibliography
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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