The Great War in History
Debates and Controversies, 1914 to the Present
2nd Edition
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Part of Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Authors:
- Jay Winter, Yale University, Connecticut
- Antoine Prost, Université de Paris I
- Date Published: December 2020
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108823968
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This revised and updated edition of The Great War in History provides the first survey of historical interpretations of the Great War from 1914 to 2020. It demonstrates how the history of the Great War has now gone global, and how the internet revolution has affected the way we understand the conflict. Jay Winter and Antoine Prost assess not only diplomatic and military studies but also the social and cultural interpretations of the war across academic and popular history, family history, and public history, including at museums, on the stage, on screen, in art, and at sites of memory. They provide a fascinating case study of the practice of history and the first survey of the ways in which the Centenary deepened and deflected both public and professional interpretations of the war. This will be essential reading for scholars and students in history, war studies, European history and international relations.
Read more- The first up-to-date and fully global account of historical interpretations of the Great War from 1914 to 2020
- Charts the positive and negative effects of the digital revolution on the writing of the history of the Great War
- Surveys how history and memory overlap, informing professional history, history in museums, in films, on stage, and in re-enactments
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'Recommended.' J. Daley, Choice Magazine
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: December 2020
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108823968
- length: 298 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 151 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.44kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
List of figures
Preface to the English edition (2004)
Preface to the English edition (2020)
Introduction
1. Three historiographical configurations
2. Politicians and diplomats: why war and for what aims?
3. Generals and ministers: who commanded and how?
4. Soldiers: how did they wage war?
5. Businessmen, industrialists and bankers: how was the economic war waged?
6. Workers: did war prevent or provoke revolution?
7. Civilians: how did they make war and survive it?
8. Agents of memory: Witnesses and historians, 1918–2000
9. A new century: the age of the internet
10. Writing the history of the Great War, 2000–2020
Conclusion: After the Centenary
Select bibliography
Index.
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