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

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 theatr...

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Superior document:History of Warfare, Volume 100
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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.
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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.