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Elusive Alliance : The German Occupation of Poland in World War I / Jesse Kauffman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kauffman, Jesse, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Poland.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Poland--History--German occupation, 1914-1918.
- Poland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Jesse Kauffman explains why Germany's ambitious attempt at nation-building in Poland during WWI failed. The educational and political institutions Germany built for its satellite state could not alleviate Poland's hostility to the plundering of its resources to fuel Germany's war effort.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: The Unknown War and Its Forgotten Occupation
- 1. Prometheus Bound: The German Conquest and Occupation of Poland
- 2. Merciless Murderers of the Polish Language: State, Army, and Legitimacy in the Imperial Government- General
- 3. Practicing Politics: Self- Administration and Self- Determination
- 4. Schools of the Nations: Education and National Conflict
- 5. Nation Building and Bildung: Warsaw University
- 6. Collapse of the Government- General: Th e Legacy of Failure
- Conclusion: German Occupation Regimes in Poland, 1915-1945
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Mrz 2018)
- ISBN:
- 9780674915220
- 0674915224
- 9780674089143
- 0674089146
- OCLC:
- 1013938341
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