A Companion to World War IA Companion to the First World War brings together a team of distinguished historians from 10 countries who contribute 38 substantial and thought-provoking chapters. The volume opens with a section on the state of the world before 1914, as it prepared for war without anticipating its true nature, and concludes with an examination of the conflict's military, diplomatic, and cultural legacies. In addition to covering the military history of the war and the individual states involved, contributors explore major themes such as war crimes, occupations, film, and gender. Reflecting the latest historical research, this Companion enriches our understanding of the origins, nature, and impact of what remains one of the most devastating events in modern history. |
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Contents
1914 to the Present | 19 |
THE MILITARY CONFLICT | 33 |
War in the West 191416 | 49 |
War in the East and Balkans 191418 | 66 |
The Italian Front 191518 | 82 |
The Turkish War 191418 | 97 |
The War in Africa | 112 |
War in the West 191718 | 127 |
Science and Technology | 307 |
Intellectuals and Writers | 323 |
The Visual Arts | 338 |
Film and the War | 353 |
STATES NATIONS AND EMPIRES | 369 |
Belgium | 386 |
Britain and Ireland | 403 |
France | 418 |
The War at Sea | 141 |
The War in the Air | 156 |
FACES OF WAR | 171 |
Atrocities Massacres and War Crimes | 188 |
War Aims and Neutrality | 202 |
Industrial Mobilization and War Economies | 217 |
Faith Ideologies and the Cultures of War | 234 |
Demography | 248 |
Women and Men | 263 |
Public Opinion and Politics | 279 |
Military Medicine | 295 |
Germany | 432 |
GermanOccupied Eastern Europe | 447 |
Italy | 464 |
Russia | 479 |
The Ottoman Empire | 494 |
The United States | 508 |
The French and British Empires | 524 |
LEGACIES | 541 |
Conflicts 191923 | 558 |
Mourning and Memory 191945 | 576 |