Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914–1919 (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare, Series Number 2)

This ambitious volume marks a huge step in our understanding of the social history of the Great War. The authors have compiled a vast array of data and have drawn an original and coherent portrait of European cities at war. Contributors from several fields bring an interdisciplinary approach to the book, and represent the best of recent scholarship. One of the few truly comparative works on the Great War, this volume will transform social studies of the conflict and is likely to become a model for research. This ambitious volume marks a huge step in our understanding of the social history of the Great War. Jay Winter and Jean-Louis Robert have gathered a group of scholars of London, Paris and Berlin, who collectively have drawn a coherent and original study of cities at war. The contributors explore notions of well-being in wartime cities - relating to the economy and the question of whether the state of the capitals contributed to victory or defeat. Expert contributors in fields stretching from history, demography, anthropology, economics, and sociology to the history of medicine, bring an interdisciplinary approach to the book, as well as representing the best of recent research in their own fields. Capital Cities at War, one of the few truly comparative works on the Great War, will transform studies of the conflict, and is likely to become a paradigm for research on other wars This volume presents a vast amount of information on the 3 cities cited in the title to provide the reader with a coherent and original study of cities at war. Experts from many fields bring an interdisciplinary approach to the book V. 1. [without Special Title] -- V. 2. A Cultural History. [edited By] Jay Winter And Jean-louis Robert. Vol. 2 Has Subtitle: A Cultural History. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. In August 1914, the German artist Max Beckmann drew a series of sketches of the crowds gathered in Berlin during the first days of the war.