Other fronts, other wars? : : first World War studies on the eve of the centennial / / edited by Joachim Bürgschwentner, Matthias Egger, Gunda Barth-Scalmani.

• Superior document: History of Warfare, Volume 100
• TeilnehmendeR: Bürgschwentner, Joachim,; Egger, Matthias,; Barth-Scalmani, Gunda, 1958-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: History of warfare ; Volume 100.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (537 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Other Fronts, Other Wars? goes beyond the Western Front geographically and delves behind the trenches focusing on the social and cultural history of the First World War: it covers front experiences in the Ottoman and Russian Armies, captivity in Japan and Turkey, occupation at the Eastern war theatre, medical history (epidemics in Serbia, medical treatment in Germany) and war relief (disabled soldiers in Austria). It studies the home front from the aspect of gender (loosing manliness), transnational comparisons (provincial border towns) and culture (home front entertainments in European metropoles) and gives insight on how attitudes were shaped through intellectual wars of scientists and through commemoration in Serbia. Thus the volume offers a wide range of new approaches to the history of the First World War. Contributors are Kate Arrioti, Altai Atlı, Gunda Barth-Scalmani, Joachim Bürgschwentner, Wolfram Dornik, Indira Durakovic, Matthias Egger, Maciej Górny, Andrea Griffante, Ke-chin Hsia, Rudolf Kučera, Eva Krivanec, Stephan Lehnstaedt, Bernhard Liemann, Tilman Lüdke, Andrea McKenzie, Mahon Murphy, Nicolas Patin, Livia Prüll, Philipp Rauh, Paul Simmons, Christian Steppan and Katarina Todić.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Approaching the Centenary 1914–2014 / Joachim Bürgschwentner , Matthias Egger and Gunda Barth-Scalmani -- 1. Lethal Journey between Four Fronts: First World War Experiences of the Reichstag’s Deputies / Nicolas Patin -- 2. Combating Desertion and Voluntary Surrender in the Russian Army During the First World War / Paul Simmons -- 3. Baptism by Snow: The Ottoman Experience of Winter Warfare During the First World War / Altay Atlı -- 4. “Our common colonial voices”: Canadian Nurses, Patient Relations, and Nation on Lemnos / Andrea McKenzie -- 5. Brücken, Beethoven und Baumkuchen: German and Austro-Hungarian Prisoners of War and the Japanese Home Front / Mahon Murphy -- 6. Australian Prisoners of the Turks: Negotiating Culture Clash in Captivity / Kate Ariotti -- 7. The Camp Newspaper Nedelja as a Reflection of the Experience of Russian Prisoners of War in Austria-Hungary / Christian Steppan -- 8. Two Kinds of Occupation? German and Austro-Hungarian Economic Policy in Congress Poland, 1915–1918 / Stephan Lehnstaedt -- 9. A School of Violence and Spatial Desires? Austro-Hungarian ­Experiences of War in Eastern Europe, 1914–1918 / Wolfram Dornik -- 10 We and Homeland: German Occupation, Lithuanian Discourse, and War Experience in Ober Ost / Andrea Griffante -- 11. Serbia as a Health Threat to Europe: The Wartime Typhus Epidemic, 1914–1915 / Indira Duraković -- 12. Other Fronts, Other Diseases? Comparisons of Front-specific ­Practices in Medical Treatment / Philipp Rauh and Livia Prüll -- 13. Who Provided Care for Wounded and Disabled Soldiers? Conceptualizing State-Civil Society Relationship in First World War Austria / Ke-chin Hsia -- 14. Losing Manliness: Bohemian Workers and the Experience of the Home Front / Rudolf Kučera -- 15. The Transformation of Local Public Spheres: German, Belgian and Dutch Border Towns during the First World War Compared / Bernhard Liemann -- 16. War on Stage. Home Front Entertainment in European Metropolises 1914–1918 / Eva Krivanec -- 17. Strange Fronts, Strange Wars: Germany’s Battle for “Islam” in the Middle East during the First World War, and British Reactions / Tilman Lüdke -- 18. War between Allies: Polish and Ukrainian Intellectuals 1914–1923 / Maciej Górny -- 19. In the Name of Father and Son: Remembering the First World War in Serbia / Katarina Todić -- 20. The Memory Landscape of the South-Western Front: Cultural Legacy, Promotion of Tourism, or European Heritage? / Gunda Barth-Scalmani -- Bibliography / Joachim Bürgschwentner , Matthias Egger and Gunda Barth-Scalmani -- Index of Places / Joachim Bürgschwentner , Matthias Egger and Gunda Barth-Scalmani -- Index of Names / Joachim Bürgschwentner , Matthias Egger and Gunda Barth-Scalmani.