The Experience of World War I

264 Pages·1989·63.122 MB·English

by  J. M. Winter

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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1WorldWar,1914-1918. ADVISORYEDITORS CONTRIBUTORS
1.Title.
D521.W48 1989
940.3-dcl9 88-25261 AlanBorg IanBeckett95
ImperialWarMuseum,London SimonBoughey149
GPorirnetnejdskiinTYiusgko,sKlraavnija,by HartmutPo^evonStrandmann GailBraybon176
byarrangementwithPapirografika JaneCarmichael184
UniversityCollege,Oxford
MalcolmCooper78-79,86-87,108-09,190-91
PhilipWaller RobertDare117
MertonCollege,Oxford DavidFletcher100-01
BrianFoss235
NathanielHarris28,31,34,36,39,45
GhislaineLawrence152-53
PeterMartland80,103,120,128,156,158,167,186,
195,205
DavidPerm122-23
CatherineReilly228
T.H.E.Travers84,93
S.B.Whitmore138-39
CARTOGRAPHICADVISORS
CoUnBruce
JohnPimlott
CONTENTS
THE MEMORY OF WAR
7 Preface
10 Introduction 226 The War and Literature
230 The War and Graphic Arts
THE POLITICIANS' WAR
238 Films of the War
26 1914 The War of Illusions
42 1915 Stalemate and Stagnation
248 Further Reading
52 1916-17 The Great Slaughter
250 Acknowledgements
58 1917-18 Revolution and Peace
251 Index
THE GENERALS' WAR
70 1914 The War of Illusions
SPECIAL FEATURES
80 1915 Stalemate and Stagnation
8 Chronology of World War I
88 1916-17 The Great Slaughter
20 From Balkan Conflict to World War
102 1917-18 Revolution and Peace
40 The Central Powers: the Cost of War
THE SOLDIERS' WAR 50 Britain's Second Line: Empire
114 1914 The War of Dlusions and Dominions
124 1915 Stalemate and Stagnation 78 Surface Naval Warfare
140 1916-17 The Great Slaughter 86 Submarine Warfare
154 1917-18 Revolution and Peace 100 Tanks and Tank Warfare
108 Aircraft and Aerial Warfare
THE CIVILIANS' WAR
122 Infantry Weaponry and Tactics
164 1914 The War of Illusions
138 Artillery Weaponry and Tactics
172 1915 Stalemate and Stagnation
152 Medical Services and Medicine
182 1916-17 The Great Slaughter
170 Wartime Life in Paris
192 1917-18 Revolution and Peace
180 One Family's War
THE SHADOW OF WAR 190 The Emergence of Strategic Bombing
202 The Immediate Aftermath 206 The Human Cost of the War
210 The Political Effects of the War 208 Versailles and the New Map of Europe
216 The War and Global Power 246 The Grand Illusion: Film as Elegy