
The Great War in History
Debates and Controversies, 1914 to the Present
Cambridge University Press
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 3. December 2020
Book
Hardback
298 pages
978-1-108-84316-4 (ISBN)
Description
This revised and updated edition of The Great War in History provides the first survey of historical interpretations of the Great War from 1914 to 2020. It demonstrates how the history of the Great War has now gone global, and how the internet revolution has affected the way we understand the conflict. Jay Winter and Antoine Prost assess not only diplomatic and military studies but also the social and cultural interpretations of the war across academic and popular history, family history, and public history, including at museums, on the stage, on screen, in art, and at sites of memory. They provide a fascinating case study of the practice of history and the first survey of the ways in which the Centenary deepened and deflected both public and professional interpretations of the war. This will be essential reading for scholars and students in history, war studies, European history and international relations.
Reviews / Votes
'Recommended.' J. Daley, Choice Magazine '... a worthy attempt to broaden understanding of the legacy of the conflict.' Alan Sharp, Journal of Modern HistoryMore details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-84316-4 (9781108843164)
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E-Book
11/2020
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€23.49
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Book
07/2005
Cambridge University Press
€68.09
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Persons
Jay Winter is Professor Emeritus at Yale University, Connecticut. He is the author of Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History (Cambridge, 1995) and editor of The Cambridge History of the First World War (Cambridge, 2014). Antoine Prost is Professor Emeritus at University of Paris I - Pantheon-Sorbonne and was President of the French Commission on the Centenary of the Great War (2012-19). He is the co-author (with Gerd Krumeich) of Verdun 1916, une histoire franco-allemande (2015) and the author of Les Anciens Combattants et la societe francaise (1914-1939) (1977) and Les Francais de la Belle Epoque (2019).
Content
List of figures; Preface to the English edition (2004); Preface to the English edition (2020); Introduction; 1. Three historiographical configurations; 2. Politicians and diplomats: why war and for what aims?; 3. Generals and ministers: who commanded and how?; 4. Soldiers: how did they wage war?; 5. Businessmen, industrialists and bankers: how was the economic war waged?; 6. Workers: did war prevent or provoke revolution?; 7. Civilians: how did they make war and survive it?; 8. Agents of memory: Witnesses and historians, 1918-2000; 9. A new century: the age of the internet; 10. Writing the history of the Great War, 2000-2020; Conclusion: After the Centenary; Select bibliography; Index.