Untold war : new perspectives in First World War studies : [Third Conference of the International Society for First World War Studies, held in Trinity College, University of Dublin between 23 and 25 September 2005

Complex, Brutal And Challenging, The First World War Continues To Inspire Dynamic Research And Debate. The Third Volume To Emerge From The Pioneering Work Of The International Society For First World War Studies, This Collection Of New Essays Reveals Just How Plural The Conflict Actually Was - Its Totalizing Tendencies Are Shown Here To Have Paradoxically Produced Diversity, Innovation And Difference, As Much As They Also Gave Rise To Certain Similarities Across Wartime Societies. Exploring The Nature Of This 'plural War, ' The Contributions To This Volume Cover Diverse Themes Such As Combat, Occupation, Civic Identity, Juvenile Delinquency, Chaplains, Art And Remembrance, Across A Wide Range Of Societies, Including Germany, France, Britain, German Colonial Africa, Belgium And Romania. With Chapters On Both Military And Cultural History, This Book Highlights How The First Total War Of The Twentieth Century Changed Social, Cultural And Military Perceptions To An Untold Extent.--jacket. Untold War: Foreword / John Horne -- Introduction. Untold War / Heather Jones, Jennifer O'brien And Christoph Schmidt-supprian -- Sect. I. Combat Experienced And Imagined -- Ch. 1. German And French Regiments On The Western Front, 1914 1918 / Wencke Meteling -- Ch. 2. Hidden Courage: Postwar Literature And Anglican Army Chaplains On The Western Front, 1914-1918 / Edward Madigan -- Ch. 3. 'the Germans Have Landed!': Invasion Fears In The South-east Of England, August To December 1914 / Catriona Pennell -- Sect. Ii. Redefining Civic And National Spaces -- Ch. 4. Making Friends And Foes: Occupiers And Occupied In First World War Romania, 1916-1918 / Lisa Mayerhofer. Edited By Heather Jones, Jennifer O'brien And Christoph Schmidt-supprian. Papers From The Third Conference Of The International Society For First World War Studies, Held Sept. 23-25, 2005 At Trinity College, Dublin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. John Horne: Untold War—Foreword Heather Jones, Jennifer O'Brien and Christoph Schmidt-Supprian: Introduction: Untold War Section I: Combat Experienced and Imagined 1 Wencke Meteling: German and French Regiments on the Western Front, 1914–1918 2 Edward Madigan: Hidden Courage: Postwar Literature and Anglican Army Chaplains on the Western Front, 1914–1918 3 Catriona Pennell: 'The Germans Have Landed!': Invasion Fears in the South-East of England, August to December 1914 Section II: Redefining Civic and National Spaces 4 Lisa Mayerhofer: Making Friends and Foes: Occupiers and Occupied in First World War Romania, 1916–1918 5 Aurore François: From Street Walking to the Convent: Child Prostitution Cases Judged by the Juvenile Court of Brussels during World War One 6 Daniel Rouven Steinbach: Defending the Heimat: The Germans in South-West Africa and East Africa during the First World War 7 Jan Vermeiren: The 'Rebirth of Greater Germany': The Austro-German Alliance and the Outbreak of War Section III: Interpreting Warfare 8 Sonja Müller: Toys, Games and Juvenile Literature in Germany and Britain during the First World War. A Comparison 9 Claudia Siebrecht: The Mater Dolorosa on the Battlefield— Mourning Mothers in German Women's Art of the First World War 10 Joëlle Beurier: Information, Censorship or Propaganda? The Illustrated French Press in the First World War 11 François Bouloc: 'War Profiteers' and 'War Profi ters': Representing Economic Gain in France during the First World War Section IV: The Challenge of Remembrance 12 Vanessa Ther: 'Humans are Cheap and the Bread is Dear.' Republican Portrayals of the War Experience in Weimar Germany 13 Alan Kramer: The First World War and German Memory 14 Dan Todman: The First World War in Contemporary British Popular Culture Complex, brutal and challenging, the First World War continues to inspire dynamic research and debate. The third volume to emerge from the pioneering work of the International Society for First World War Studies, this collection of new essays reveals just how plural the conflict actually was - its totalizing tendencies are shown here to have paradoxically produced diversity, innovation and difference, as much as they also gave rise to certain similarities across wartime societies. Exploring the nature of this 'plural war,' the contributions to this volume cover diverse themes such as combat, occupation, civic identity, juvenile delinquency, chaplains, art and remembrance, across a wide range of societies, including Germany, France, Britain, German colonial Africa, Belgium and Romania. With chapters on both military and cultural history, this book highlights how the first total war of the twentieth century changed social, cultural and military perceptions to an untold extent. Contributors: Alan Kramer, Dan Todman, Claudia Siebrecht, Vanessa Ther, Jan Vermeiren, Wencke Meteling, Daniel Steinbach, Aurore François, Edward Madigan, Catriona Pennell, François Bouloc, Sonja Müller, Joëlle Beurier, Lisa Mayerhofer, Heather Jones, Christoph Schmidt-Supprian, Jennifer O'Brien Complex, brutal and challenging, the First World War continues to inspire dynamic research and debate. The third volume to emerge from the pioneering work of the International Society for First World War Studies, this collection of new essays reveals just how plural the conflict actually was its totalizing tendencies are shown here to have paradoxically produced diversity, innovation and difference, as much as they also gave rise to certain similarities across wartime societies. Exploring the nature of this 'plural war, ' the contributions to this volume cover diverse themes such as combat, occupation, civic identity, juvenile delinquency, chaplains, art and remembrance, across a wide range of societies, including Germany, France, Britain, German colonial Africa, Belgium and Romania. With chapters on both military and cultural history, this book highlights how the first total war of the twentieth century changed social, cultural and military perceptions to an untold extent. Contributors: Alan Kramer, Dan Todman, Claudia Siebrecht, Vanessa Ther, Jan Vermeiren, Wencke Meteling, Daniel Steinbach, Aurore Francois, Edward Madigan, Catriona Pennell, Francois Bouloc, Sonja Muller, Joelle Beurier, Lisa Mayerhofer, Heather Jones, Christoph Schmidt-Supprian, Jennifer O'Brien."