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The inverted mirror : mythologizing the enemy in France and Germany, 1898-1914 / Michael E. Nolan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nolan, Michael E., author.
- Series:
- Studies in contemporary European history.
- Studies in contemporary European history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, French.
- National characteristics, German.
- World War, 1914-1918--Causes.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- France--Foreign relations--Germany.
- France.
- Germany--Foreign relations--France.
- Germany.
- Germany--Foreign public opinion, French--History--20th century.
- France--Foreign public opinion, German--History--20th century.
- France--Foreign relations--20th century.
- Germany--Foreign relations--20th century.
- France--History--Third Republic, 1870-1940.
- Germany--History--1871-1918.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2005.
- Summary:
- It is hard to imagine nowadays that, for many years, France and Germany considered each other as ""arch enemies."" And yet, for well over a century, these two countries waged verbal and ultimately violent wars against each other. This study explores a particularly virulent phase during which each of these two nations projected certain assumptions about national character onto the other - distorted images, motivated by antipathy, fear, and envy, which contributed to the growing hostility between the two countries in the years before the First World War. Most remarkably, as the author discovere
- Contents:
- Series Page; Title Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; Chapter One: FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS, 1898-1914: A SKETCH; Chapter Two: HEREDITARY ENEMIES? THE ONCE AND FUTURE WAR; Chapter Three: PRODUCTION AND REPRODUCTION: ECONOMY, FERTILITY, AND CONSUMPTION; Chapter Four: THE ELUSIVE ALSATIAN; Chapter Five: SHADES OF OPINION: THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781845453015
- 1845453018
- 9781782386605
- 1782386602
- OCLC:
- 881366640
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