The legacies of two world wars [electronic resource] : European societies in the twentieth century / edited by Lothar Kettenacker & Torsten Riotte.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Berghahn Books, 2011Description: viii, 323 pISBN: 9780857452238 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence | World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence | World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Europe | World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Europe | War and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | War and society -- France -- History -- 20th century | War and society -- Germany -- History -- 20th century | War and society -- Italy -- History -- 20th century | Europe -- History, Military -- 20th century | Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 940.3/1 LOC classification: D396 | .L45 2011Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
"Old Europe" and the legacy of two world wars / Lothar Kettenacker and Torsten Riotte -- Prevention or regulation of war? : the Hague peace conferences as a limited tool for reforming the international system before 1914 / Jost Dulffer -- "The spirit of 1914" : a critical examination of war enthusiasm in German society / Gerhard Hirschfeld -- Construction and deconstruction of the idea of French "war enthusiasm" in 1914 / Nicolas Beaupre -- The mood in Britain, 1914 / Hartmut von Pogge Strandmann -- The First World War in the history of the Weimar Republic / Gerd Krumreich -- Fascism and legacy of the Great War / Angelo Ventrone -- The French desire for peace and security in the 1920's / Jean-Claude Allain -- Britain in the wake in the Great War / Jay Winter -- Germany : war without public backing / Hans Mommsen -- The French entry into the war in September 1939 : between reluctans and resignation / Barbara Lambauer -- Great Britain : declaring war as a matter of honour / Lothar Kettenacker -- Disillusionment, pragmatism, indifference : German society after the "catastrophe" / Clemens Vollnhals -- The French after 1945 : difficulties and disappointments of an immediate post-war period / Fabrice Grenard -- Great Britain : remembering a just war (1945-1950) / Toby Haggith -- Italy after 1945 : war and peace, defeat and liberation / Gustavo Corni.
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