| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Series |
UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books
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| Contents |
Cover; ABSOLUTE WAR: VIOLENCE AND MASS WARFARE IN THE GERMAN LANDS, 1792-1820 ; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; CONTENTS ; LIST OF MAPS ; LIST OF TABLES ; Introduction: Theories of War and Violence; CONSCRIPT SOLDIERS, MASS WARFARE, AND THE POLITICS OF 'LIBERATION'; ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND THE HORROR OF WAR; THEORIES OF VIOLENCE AND CIVILIZATION; COMBAT AND THE FEAR OF DYING; VIOLENCE AND POWER; UNDERSTANDING MODERN WARS; 1: From Cabinet Warfare to Mass Armies; 'TOTAL WAR' AND 'MILITARY REVOLUTION'; THE LEVÉE EN MASSE AND CONSCRIPTION; PATRIOTIC AND CABINET WARFARE |
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TACTICS, STRATEGY, AND REFORM2: Heroism and the Defence of the Volk; 'PUBLIC OPINION' AND THE STATE; WAR AND PEACE; THE ART OF WAR; NATIONAL, PATRIOTIC, AND JUST WARS; 3: The Violence of Civilian Life; CULTURES OF VIOLENCE AND DEATH; THE SENSIBILITY OF SUFFERING; CIVILIANS AND THE BURDENS OF WAR; 'WAR-TIME'; 4: The Lives of Soldiers; WAR STORIES; HARD FACTS; CITIZEN-SOLDIERS; SURVIVING INVASION AND LIBERATION; 5: War Memories; 1813: FESTIVALS OF FREEDOM, LIBERATION, AND SACRIFICE; THE POLITICS OF MEMORY; HISTORIES OF LIBERATION AND THE POST-WAR ORDER |
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Conclusion: A History of Remembering and ForgettingNATIONAL, PATRIOTIC, AND MASS WARFARE; The Legacy of German Volkskriege; Select Bibliography ; PRIMARY SOURCES ; Newspapers and Periodicals ; Poems, Songs, Plays, and Other Literature ; Diaries, Correspondence, and Memoirs ; Pamphlets, Treatises, Encyclopedias, and Histories ; SECONDARY LITERATURE ; Index |
| Summary |
The first of three volumes from Mark Hewitson which explore the experiences of conflict in modern Germany, and the resounding impact of these across Europe and the world, 'Absolute War' reassesses the meaning of military conflict for the millions of German subjects who were directly implicated in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars |
| Notes |
This edition previously issued in print: 2017 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 14, 2016) |
| Subject |
War and society -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
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War and society
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- History -- 1789-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054569
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Germany -- History, Military -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054603
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| Subject |
Germany
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191829468 |
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0191829463 |
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0191091359 |
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9780191091353 |
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