State, Society and Mobilization in Europe during the First World War - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521561124 ISBN 13 : 9780521561129

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Comparative essays on the political and cultural 'mobilization' of populations during the First World War.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume examines political and cultural mobilisation in the face of industrialised mass death during the First World War. Comparing Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary, it generates arguments on mobilisation and 'total war' which have wider relevance. It explores 'national ideals' which cast the war as a crusade, the inclusive 'self-mobilisation' of sectional identities and private organisations behind national efforts, and the exclusion of suspect groups (the 'enemy within') from the mobilisation process. It also highlights the importance, and difficulty, of assessing the limits of mobilisation as well as the differing capacities of the state to sustain it, factors related to prior degrees of national integration and political legitimacy. Mobilisation in this sense was an important factor which determined the outcome and legacy of the war.

Revue de presse

'... this is a very good collection of essays which makes a substantial contribution to understanding the First World War.' Labour History Review

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521561124
• ISBN 13: 9780521561129
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Éditeur: Horne John
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; France