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The Great War, 1914-1918 / Ian F.W. Beckett.
LIBRA D521 .B376 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beckett, Ian F. W. (Ian Frederick William), 1950-
- Series:
- Modern wars in perspective
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 508 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2001.
- Contents:
- 1. Another Country? 1
- Industrialisation and the state 4
- Ideology and the nation-state 8
- 2. Guns in August 18
- Alliances and the European state system 19
- Imperial Germany and Weltpolitik 21
- Imperialism, capitalism and militarism 23
- Vienna and the domestic imperative 26
- From 'Third Balkan War' to world war 28
- 3. Over by Christmas 42
- Expectations of war 43
- War plans 47
- The failure of the war plans in the west 55
- The Eastern Front 57
- 4. Widening Horizons 67
- The contribution of empire 68
- The Balkans and beyond 77
- Distant waters 86
- The economics of belligerency and neutrality 92
- 5. Westerners and Easterners 109
- Civil-military relations 109
- The politics of coalition 120
- Strategy and war aims: the Entente 128
- Strategy and war aims: the Central Powers 137
- 6. New Ways of War 158
- Science and war 158
- The exercise of command 161
- The war on land 165
- The war at sea 180
- The war in the air 187
- 7. Nations in Arms 204
- Conscription and manpower 205
- The voluntary spirit and its limits 209
- The experience of military service 215
- Morale and discipline 220
- 8. War and the State 242
- The growth of government 244
- Economic management 253
- War and industrial mobilisation 255
- Food supply 265
- State welfare 272
- Management of morale 279
- 9. War and Society 309
- Life and death 310
- Class 315
- Labour 320
- Women 324
- Social mores and leisure pursuits 336
- 10. War, Politics and Revolution 354
- Leadership 355
- Opposition 358
- Revolution 364
- 11. Victors and Vanquished 386
- Defeat and revolution 386
- The Paris peace conference and the peace settlements 394
- Political values and the politics of the 'front generation' 408
- 12. Wastelands? 428
- Memory and commemoration 429
- War and culture 441
- War and the silver screen 457
- War and history 462.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 480-483) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0582322499
- 0582322480
- OCLC:
- 45202076
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