1914-1918. An Anatomy of Global Conflict
Series: Jagiellonian Studies in History
Pages: 228
Book format: B5
Publication date: 2014
Publication date: 02.06.2014
E-book publication date: 03.09.2024
Book description
We know more or less all there is to know about the way the hostilities of the 1914–1918 war developed. What’s still left to be cleared up are just a few details which will not have much of an effect on the general picture of the armed conflict.
An area which offers promising horizons for research is historical anthropology, which has the cognitive instruments needed to embark on new paths of study and the effective verification of what has been accomplished hitherto.
This book is an attempt to embark on fresh paths of research using new instruments of cognition. It searches for answers to questions in historical anthropo-logy. It contains a clinical review of a collection of diverse source materials from all the important fields of battle and their aftermaths, as well as from the civilian background. It makes use of a variety of resources relating to the Eastern, Western, and Southern European fronts, as well as fronts beyond Europe. To make the book more readable I have decided to break free of the usual academic custom of footnoting and have put only a selected bibliography at the back.
Author’s Preface
An area which offers promising horizons for research is historical anthropology, which has the cognitive instruments needed to embark on new paths of study and the effective verification of what has been accomplished hitherto.
This book is an attempt to embark on fresh paths of research using new instruments of cognition. It searches for answers to questions in historical anthropo-logy. It contains a clinical review of a collection of diverse source materials from all the important fields of battle and their aftermaths, as well as from the civilian background. It makes use of a variety of resources relating to the Eastern, Western, and Southern European fronts, as well as fronts beyond Europe. To make the book more readable I have decided to break free of the usual academic custom of footnoting and have put only a selected bibliography at the back.
Author’s Preface
Authors
Andrzej Chwalba
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
Author’s Preface 7
I. The War Starts 9
1. Sarajevo 9
2. The last hours of peace 19
3. Could war have been avoided? 25
II. Land Warfare 37
1. Manoeuvre warfare 37
2. Trench warfare 38
3. Alpine warfare 56
4. The winter wars 62
5. Landing operations 65
6. The war of the secret services 67
7. Psychological warfare 78
8. Arms and equipment 89
III. A Soldier’s Lot 105
1. The wounded 105
2. Diseases and epidemics 113
3. The killed 119
4. Prisoners-of-war 125
5. Deserters and mutinies 128
IV. The Civilians’ War 133
1. The war economy 133
2. Military occupation and resistance 145
3. Everyday life 150
4. In sickness and in health. Charity 158
5. Material damage. Migrations 164
6. Th e plight of women 167
7. Revolutions 171
V. The War of the Nations 181
1. The Czechs and the Yugoslavs 182
2. From Poland to Finland 190
3. Jews, Armenians, and Arabs 201
4. The Irish case 208
Time to Conclude 211
Selected Bibliography 213
Index of Persons 217
Geographical index 221
Author’s Preface 7
I. The War Starts 9
1. Sarajevo 9
2. The last hours of peace 19
3. Could war have been avoided? 25
II. Land Warfare 37
1. Manoeuvre warfare 37
2. Trench warfare 38
3. Alpine warfare 56
4. The winter wars 62
5. Landing operations 65
6. The war of the secret services 67
7. Psychological warfare 78
8. Arms and equipment 89
III. A Soldier’s Lot 105
1. The wounded 105
2. Diseases and epidemics 113
3. The killed 119
4. Prisoners-of-war 125
5. Deserters and mutinies 128
IV. The Civilians’ War 133
1. The war economy 133
2. Military occupation and resistance 145
3. Everyday life 150
4. In sickness and in health. Charity 158
5. Material damage. Migrations 164
6. Th e plight of women 167
7. Revolutions 171
V. The War of the Nations 181
1. The Czechs and the Yugoslavs 182
2. From Poland to Finland 190
3. Jews, Armenians, and Arabs 201
4. The Irish case 208
Time to Conclude 211
Selected Bibliography 213
Index of Persons 217
Geographical index 221
1914-1918. An Anatomy of Global Conflict
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
Author’s Preface 7
I. The War Starts 9
1. Sarajevo 9
2. The last hours of peace 19
3. Could war have been avoided? 25
II. Land Warfare 37
1. Manoeuvre warfare 37
2. Trench warfare 38
3. Alpine warfare 56
4. The winter wars 62
5. Landing operations 65
6. The war of the secret services 67
7. Psychological warfare 78
8. Arms and equipment 89
III. A Soldier’s Lot 105
1. The wounded 105
2. Diseases and epidemics 113
3. The killed 119
4. Prisoners-of-war 125
5. Deserters and mutinies 128
IV. The Civilians’ War 133
1. The war economy 133
2. Military occupation and resistance 145
3. Everyday life 150
4. In sickness and in health. Charity 158
5. Material damage. Migrations 164
6. Th e plight of women 167
7. Revolutions 171
V. The War of the Nations 181
1. The Czechs and the Yugoslavs 182
2. From Poland to Finland 190
3. Jews, Armenians, and Arabs 201
4. The Irish case 208
Time to Conclude 211
Selected Bibliography 213
Index of Persons 217
Geographical index 221
Author’s Preface 7
I. The War Starts 9
1. Sarajevo 9
2. The last hours of peace 19
3. Could war have been avoided? 25
II. Land Warfare 37
1. Manoeuvre warfare 37
2. Trench warfare 38
3. Alpine warfare 56
4. The winter wars 62
5. Landing operations 65
6. The war of the secret services 67
7. Psychological warfare 78
8. Arms and equipment 89
III. A Soldier’s Lot 105
1. The wounded 105
2. Diseases and epidemics 113
3. The killed 119
4. Prisoners-of-war 125
5. Deserters and mutinies 128
IV. The Civilians’ War 133
1. The war economy 133
2. Military occupation and resistance 145
3. Everyday life 150
4. In sickness and in health. Charity 158
5. Material damage. Migrations 164
6. Th e plight of women 167
7. Revolutions 171
V. The War of the Nations 181
1. The Czechs and the Yugoslavs 182
2. From Poland to Finland 190
3. Jews, Armenians, and Arabs 201
4. The Irish case 208
Time to Conclude 211
Selected Bibliography 213
Index of Persons 217
Geographical index 221
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