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