Carnage and Care on the Eastern Front : : The War Diaries of Bernhard Bardach, 1914-1918 / / ed. by Peter C. Appelbaum.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2018
• HerausgeberIn: Appelbaum, Peter C.,
• MitwirkendeR: Konrad, Helmut,; Winter, Jay,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (326 p.)

For nearly all of the Great War, the Jewish doctor Bernhard Bardach served with the Austro-Hungarian army in present-day Ukraine. His diaries from that period, unpublished and largely overlooked until now, represent a distinctive and powerful record of daily life on the Eastern Front. In addition to key events such as the 1916 Brusilov Offensive, Bardach also gives memorable descriptions of military personalities, refugees, food shortages, and the uncertainty and boredom that inescapably attended life on the front. Ranging from the critical first weeks of fighting to the ultimate collapse of the Austrian army, these meticulously written diaries comprise an invaluable eyewitness account of the Great War.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword All Quiet on the Eastern Front: The War Diaries of Bernhard Bardach -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Town Name -- Translator’s Introduction -- INTRODUCTION Bernard Bardach: A Biographical Sketch -- CHAPTER 1 1914 Poland, Russia, Carpathians -- CHAPTER 2 1915 Carpathians, Gorlice-Tarnów, Southern and Western Ukraine -- CHAPTER 3 1916 The Brusilov Off ensive and Its Aftermath -- CHAPTER 4 1917 Winter in Ukraine—Inspections— Blockade—Worsening Shortages -- CHAPTER 5 1918 Treaty of Brest Litovsk—Crippling Shortages— Piave—War’s End -- APPENDIX 1 Medical and Nonmedical Ranks in the Austro-Hungarian Army (Simplified) -- Bibliography -- Index