Scandinavia in the First World War : studies in the war experience of the Northern neutrals / edited by Claes Ahlund.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Ahlund, Claes, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• World War, 1914-1918--Scandinavia.
• World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.
• World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Scandinavian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lund, Sweden : Nordic Academic Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Denmark, Norway, and Sweden all managed to stay out of World War I, but all three countries were deeply affected by it. Opening with a systematically comparative introduction to the history of the Scandinavian countries during that time period, this account then presents 13 case studies examining the impact of the war on these neutral entities. From inflation and the shortage of consumer goods to widespread poverty and political unrest-not to mention the thousands of Scandinavian soldiers who participated in the war-this unique compilation analyzes the military and economic consequences as wel

Contents:

• Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Scandinavia in the First World War; Rolf Hobson, Tom Kristiansen, Nils Arne Sørensen & Gunnar Åselius; 1. An album of war; The visual mediation of the First World War in Danish magazines and daily newspapers; 2. The secret battlefield; Intelligence and counter-intelligence in Scandinavia during the First World War; 3. Rats and anthills; The First World War in the Scandinavian spy novel; 4. Scandinavian collaboration for peace during the First World War; 5. Restoring the strident female voice
• Selma Lagerlöf and the women's anti-war movement6. Recognizing the Other; The Armenian Genocidein Scandinavian literature; 7. The call of the blood; Scandinavia and the First World Waras a clash of races; 8. Money talks; Failed cooperation over the gold problem of the Scandinavian Monetary Union during the First World War; 9. Military history in an age of military change; Carl Bennedich, the Swedish General Staff, and the First World War; 10. Fighting for the Kaiser; The Danish minority in the German army, 1914-18; 11. The Scandinavian Diggers
• Foreign-born soldiers in the Australian Imperial Force, 1914-191812. The horse field ambulance in Tampere in 1918; Swedish Red Star women and the Finnish Civil War; 13. Neutral merchant seamen at war; The experiences of Scandinavian seamen during the First World War; About the authors; Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9789187121913
• 9187121913
• 9789187121906
• 9187121905

OCLC:

900345785