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Title A world at war, 1911-1949 : explorations in the cultural history of war / edited by Catriona Pennell, Filipe Ribeiro De Meneses
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource ( xiii, 361 pages)
Series History of warfare ; volume 124
History of warfare ; v. 124
Contents Cultural mobilization : Henry Moore and the two world wars / J.M. Winter -- Petitioning the world : intellectuals and cultural mobilization in the Great War / Tomas Irish -- 'German servicemen see Europe' : cultural mobilization of troops on the Aegean 'quiet front' / Anthony McElligott -- The sharp end : witnessing, perpetrating, and suffering violence in 20th century wars / Alan Kramer -- The isle of saints and soldiers : the evolving image of the Irish combatant, 1914-1918 / Heather Jones and Edward Madigan -- "For what and for whom were we fighting?" Red Army soldiers, combat motivation and survival strategies on the Eastern Front in the Second World War / Robert Dale -- Against civilians : atrocities, extermination, and genocide from one world war to the other, 1942/44-1914 / Annette Becker -- Mobility and immobility in civilian experiences of the First World War : refugees and occupied populations in Europe, 1914-1918 / Alex Dowdall -- Occupation, memory, and cultural demobilization : Paris as case study / Michael S. Neiberg -- Post-wars and violence : Europe between 1918 and the later 1940s / Robert Gerwarth -- A Croat Iliad? Miroslav Krleza and the refractions of victory and defeat in Central Europe / John Paul Newman -- "The worst disaster" : British reactions to the fall of Singapore / Daniel Todman -- A world at war : 1911-1949 : Conclusion / John Horne
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 27, 2020)
Subject War and society -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
War and civilization -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects
SUBJECT Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945
Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Form Electronic book
Author Pennell, Catriona, editor
De Meneses, Filipe Ribeiro, 1969- editor
E.J. Brill (Firm)
LC no. 2018059945
ISBN 9789004393547
9004393544