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Cambridge University Press European Culture in the Great War The Arts Entertainment and Propaganda 19141918 6 Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series Number 6
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Cambridge University Press Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War
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Cambridge University Press War Land on the Eastern Front
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Cambridge University Press The Spirit of 1914 Militarism Myth and Mobilization in Germany 10 Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series Number 10
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Cambridge University Press German Anglophobia and the Great War 1914 1918
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Cambridge University Press Fighting Different Wars Experience Memory and the First World War in Britain 16 Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series Number 16
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Cambridge University Press The Unquiet Western Front Britains Role in Literature and History
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Cambridge University Press Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire
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Cambridge University Press German Strategy Path Verdun Erich von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition 18701916 Cambridge Military Histories
Book SynopsisAlmost 90 years since its conclusion, the battle of Verdun is still little understood. German Strategy and the Path to Verdun is a detailed examination of this seminal battle based on research conducted in archives long thought lost. Material returned to Germany from the former Soviet Union has allowed for a reinterpretation of Erich von Falkenhayn's overall strategy for the war and of the development of German operational and tactical concepts to fit this new strategy of attrition. By taking a long view of the development of German military ideas from the end of the Franco-German War in 1871, German Strategy and the Path to Verdun also gives much-needed context to Falkenhayn's ideas and the course of one of the greatest battles of attrition the world has ever known.Trade Review'This book is far more than a study of a grim battle … Foley has written a book which will be referred to repeatedly.' Open HistoryTable of ContentsList of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Table of ranks; Maps; Introduction; 1. The Volkskreig in German military thought; 2. The (re)birth of Ermattungsstrategie; 3. The short-war belief; 4. The rise of Stellungskrieg; 5. Competing strategic visions; 6. Attack in the east; 7. Defence in the west; 8. Verdun: the plan; 9. Verdun: the execution; 10. Verdun: the failure; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Origins of World War I
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Cambridge University Press The Economics of World War I
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Cambridge University Press The Great War and Urban Life in Germany
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Cambridge University Press Douglas Haig and the First World War Cambridge Military Histories
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Cambridge University Press The AEF Way of War
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Cambridge University Press Citizen Soldiers
Book SynopsisCitizen Soldiers uses letters and official sources to investigate the experience of the British soldier in the First World War. It casts light on the soldier's relationship with home, his attitudes towards war, command and discipline within the army and the importance of local identity to military morale.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: '… is of much more than local interest.' Times Literary SupplementReview of the hardback: '… excellent … an exemplary blending of social and military history … this is important, 'cutting edge' history.' Military IllustratedReview of the hardback: '… not short of historiographical ambition … On the war itself, McCartney appears exemplary in her range of reference and close historiographical engagement …' Northern HistoryReview of the hardback: 'This is not just another rehash of the exploits of the dehumanised, oppressed, passive British Tommy slogging through the mud of Flanders, that field, like the trenches, is full almost to overcrowding. Instead McCartney considers how the ordinary men involved retained their civilian outlook, their local connections, their social status throughout those terrible years and, in the vast majority of cases, if they were lucky enough to escape unscathed, picked up the threads of their pre-war life … Helen B. McCartney has produced a first class work using not only official sources, as would be expected, but also the letters and diaries of the men involved … The book benefits from page by page footnotes and comprehensive bibliography, whilst the photographs, tables and maps only add to our pleasure and understanding. …For anyone wishing to study the social and cultural history of the British soldier in the first World War this book opens up a new dimension in our understanding and is required reading, chapter 9 The Aftermath of War especially so.' Open History: The Journal of the Open University History SocietyReview of the hardback: 'Citizen Soldiers is one of the rare publications to breach this divide, combining detailed knowledge of military organization and structure with a careful consideration of the impact of the war on society and class and regional identity … It is … the job of good historical studies to ask as many questions as they answer. McCartney's careful, detailed and fascinating study of the experiences and identities of the Liverpool battalions in the war years deserves to be accompanied by further regional studies, in order that we may build a more detailed understanding of the lives of those who experienced the Great War.' Reviews in HistoryReview of the hardback: ' … this is a subject which deserves a wider readership and Citizen Soldiers is an excellent start; may it inspire urban and local historians to re-examine the relationship between the city and its citizens …' Urban HistoryTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Pre-war Liverpool and the Territorial Force; Part I. Territorial Characteristics and the Morale of the Soldier: 3. 'Cuff and Collar Battalions:' social change and its impact on the unit; 4. 'Common ties at home and strong county pride': the persistence and importance of county uniformity; 5. The links with home: communication between the home front and the fighting front; Part II. Command, Discipline and the Citizen Soldier: 6. Command and consent in the trenches; 7. Discipline, punishment and the territorial ethos; Part III. Attitudes and Experience: The War and its Aftermath: 8. The experience of active service on the Western Front; 9. The aftermath of war.
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Cambridge University Press The AustroHungarian Army and the First World War
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Cambridge University Press Reformers and War
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Cambridge University Press China and the Great War
Book SynopsisChina's role in the First World War has been a curiously neglected topic. This 2005 book is a full-length study of China's involvement in the conflict from perspectives of international history, using previously unknown archival materials. In this account, Professor Xu restores the China war memory into its rightful place.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'Any student of WW1 would consider this book as an essential read.' Open HistoryReview of the hardback: '… a fine example of the writing of international history, based on careful archival research. The argument is skilfully developed and assisted by a small section of illustrations. It puts before the reader the Chinese side of a story which is not unfamiliar but which has been slanted in the past.' The China QuarterlyReview of the hardback: 'This is an important book, helping to answer hitherto neglected questions about China's role in the Great War and the role the war played in bringing China onto a changing international stage. It is well researched and written, and deserves to be read widely.' Asian AffairsTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Stage Is Set: 1. China's preparation for entry into the international system; 2. The rise of Chinese internationalism and the new diplomacy; Part II. China Attempts to Join the War: 3. China responses to the outbreak of war; 4. 'Using laborers as soldiers' - an alternative strategy; 5. China's formal entry into the war; Part III. The Great War in Chinese Domestic Politics and Foreign Relations: 6. The war within; 7. The 1919 Paris Peace Conference and China's search for a new world order; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Last Great War
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Cambridge University Press The Anzac Illusion AngloAustralian Relations during World War I
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Cambridge University Press Race Empire and First World War Writing
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Cambridge University Press The Upheaval of War
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Cambridge University Press The Origins of Detente
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Cambridge University Press Reformers and War
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Cambridge University Press Decisions for War 1914 1917
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Cambridge University Press The March to the Marne
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Cambridge University Press At the Front Line
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Cambridge University Press State Society and Mobilization in Europe during the First World War 3 Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series Number 3
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Cambridge University Press The Treaty of Versailles
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Cambridge University Press War Land on the Eastern Front
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Cambridge University Press France and the Great War 26 New Approaches to European History Series Number 26
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Cambridge University Press franceandthegreatwar
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Cambridge University Press Capital Cities at War
Book SynopsisA benchmark in our understanding of the social aspects of World War I, this is one of the few truly comparative studies of that conflict. Expert contributors from several fields, stretching from history to economics, bring an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Europe's great wartime cities.Trade Review'In this volume, the first of two, eleven historians from Britain, France, Germany and the US have undertaken a major exercise in 'the social and cultural history of modern warfare'. Teamwork permits a range of research in the archives of three nations almost impossible for an individual, and the vast amount of information contained here will be a constant recourse for future enquirers.' London Review of Books'… the most powerful, distinguished and innovative work of recent social history to be published in the last twenty years … to undertake a comparative, historical analysis of three of the world's most challenging capital cities and to complete it to this standard is unprecedented to the knowledge of this reviewer … the European historiography of the future is already with us - in the form of multilingual pioneers like Winter and Robert, and their associates.' Anthony Sutcliffe, Reviews in HistoryTable of ContentsPart I. Premises: 1. Paris, London, Berlin, 1914–1919: capital cities at war Jay Winter; 2. Paris, London, Berlin on the eve of the war Jean-Louis Robert; Part II. The Social Relations of Sacrifice: 3. Lost generations: the impact of military casualties on Paris, London and Berlin Adrian Gregory; 4. The image of the profiteer Jean-Louis Robert; Part III. The Social Relations of Labour: 5. The transition to war in 1914 Jon Lawrence; 6. Labour market and industrial mobilization, 1915–1917 Thierry Bonzon; 7. The transition to peace, 1918–1919 Joshua Cole; Part IV. The Social Relations of Incomes: 8. Material pressures on the middle classes 1914–1918 Jon Lawrence; 9. Wages and purchasing power Jonathan Manning; 10. Transfer payments and social policy Thierry Bonzon; Part V. The Social Relations of Consumption: 11. Feeding the cities Thierry Bonzon; 12. Surviving the war: life expectation, illness, and mortality rates in Paris, London, and Berlin, 1914–1919: coal and the metropolis Armin Triebel; 13. Housing Susanna Magri; Part VI. Urban Demography in Wartime: 14. The 'other war' I: protecting public health Catherine Rollet; 15. The 'other war' II: setbacks in public health Catherine Rollet; 16. Surviving the war Jay Winter; 17. Conclusion: towards a social history of capital cities at war Jay Winter and Jean-Louis Robert; Statistical appendices; Tables; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Return to Gallipoli Walking The Battlefields Of The Great War
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Cambridge University Press The Last Great War British Society And The First World War
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Cambridge University Press Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe
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Cambridge University Press The Spirit of 1914 Militarism Myth and Mobilization in Germany 10 Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series Number 10
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Cambridge University Press Great War Total War
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Cambridge University Press German Anglophobia and the Great War 19141918 11 Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series Number 11
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Cambridge University Press The Unquiet Western Front
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Cambridge University Press The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited 18 Cambridge Middle East Studies Series Number 18
Book SynopsisIn a revised edition of Morris' earlier work, which explored the realities behind the Palestinian exodus of 1948, fresh material considers battles, expulsions and atrocities that contributed to the disintegration of Palestinian communities. The story is harrowing. Refugees now number four million - their cause remains a major obstacle to peace.Trade Review'The book is thorough, shocking, and based upon the highest standard of historical research.' Journal of Peace Research'When published in 1988, The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem was the first serious history of one of the central issues behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A revised edition following the opening up of Israeli state archives for the period, examines in greater detail the actual events behind the flight of Palestinians from Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa.' Jewish ChronicleReview of the first edition '… The most comprehensive and detailed study yet published on the Palestinian refugees.' The EconomistReview of the first edition 'This excellent myth-debunking book … deserves a wide readership among those who want to understand what has happened in Israel over the last 40 years rather than repeat discredited propaganda which serves only to prolong the war.' The SpectatorReview of the first edition 'Mr Morris … is a rare combination of journalist and painstaking research historian, whose thorough use of Israeli, British and American archives - many of the materials unavailable until now - has enabled him to present a definitive history of his subject.' The New York Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Background; 2. 'Transfer': thinking in Zionism before 1948; 3. The first stage of the exodus, November 1947–March 1948; 4. The second stage of the exodus, April-June, 1948; 5. The third stage of the exodus,'The Ten Days', July 1948; 6. Deciding against a return of the refugees; 7. Preventing a return; 8. The fourth stage of the exodus, October- November 1948; 9. Clearing the borders; 10. Solving the refugee problem: the failure to reach agreement and a solution, 1949; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Shadows of Total War
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Cambridge University Press The Origins of World War I
Book SynopsisDiscusses and examines the arguments traditionally put forward as explanations for the First World War. The book concludes with an alternative proposition for explaining the War, based on elites and coteries, their background and training, and on their unique agendas.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: '[A] fine work … Each of the chapters in this work examines how a particular country came to the decision to go to war, and will thus make welcome teaching vehicles for students and lecturers alike.' History TodayReview of the hardback: 'Goldman's excellent book … provides a clearly argued analysis both of the key role that women played in Soviet industrialisation and of the tensions between the different actors involved in that project - ordinary workers, managers, Party and trade union officials, and women activists.' The Economic History ReviewReview of the hardback: 'This is a fascinating book whose coherence and focus, together with helpful introductions and conclusions by the editors, offers comparative conclusions about the major and minor powers' motivations for joining the war.' War in HistoryTable of Contents1. World wars: definition and causes Richard F. Hamilton and Holger H. Herwig; 2. The European wars: 1815–1913 Richard F. Hamilton; 3. Serbia Richard C. Hall; 4. Austria-Hungary Graydon A. Tunstall, Jr.; 5. Germany Holger H. Herwig; 6. Russia David Alan Rich; 7. France Eugenia C. Kiesling; 8. The United Kingdom J. Paul Harris; 9. Japan Frederick R. Dickinson; 10. The Ottoman empire Ulrich Trumpener; 11. Italy Richard F. Hamilton and Holger H. Herwig; 12. Bulgaria, Romania and Greece Richard C. Hall; 13. The United States John M. Cooper, Jr.; 14. Why did it happen? Holger H. Herwig; 15. On the origins of the catastrophe Richard F. Hamilton; Appendix A. Chronology; Appendix B. Dramatis personae; Appendix C. Suggested readings.
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Cambridge University Press Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire Total War and Everyday Life in World War I 17 Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series Number 17
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Cambridge University Press Fighting Different Wars Experience Memory and the First World War in Britain 16 Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series Number 16
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Cambridge University Press Decisions for War 1914 1917
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Cambridge University Press German Strategy and the Path to Verdun Erich Von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition 18701916 Cambridge Military Histories
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Cambridge University Press China and the Great War Chinas Pursuit of a New National Identity and Internationalization Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series Number 20
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