The Long End of the First World War: Ruptures, Continuities and Memories

Wetzel, Anorthe

ISBN 10: 3593508621 / ISBN 13: 9783593508627

Published by Campus Verlag, 2018

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2018. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Long End of the First World War: Ruptures, Continuities and Memories
• Publisher: Campus Verlag
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3593508621
• ISBN 13: 9783593508627
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This fall marks the centennial of the Armistice of November 11, 1918, the agreement that put a stop to the hostilities of World War I. But was the end of this historic conflict really as clearly defined as we think? The Long End of the First World War takes aim at the notion of a static and final ceasefire, revealing it to be the result of European narratives that ignored the truly global aftermath of the war. The contributors to this volume examine the war’s effect from multiple angles, taking into account the experiences of prisoners of war, demobilized soldiers, women, and children from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and investigating the social, economic, and ecological results of the conflict. The Long End of the First World War serves as a complement to the commemorations of the Armistice we’ll surely see this year, asking us to consider who and what ends up in the historical record and what ought to be rediscovered.

About the Author

Katrin Bomber and Heike Liebau are both senior researchers at the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies in Berlin where Katharina Lange is a research fellow. Anorthe Wetzel is vice head of the conferences and symposia unit of the Volkwagen Foundation in Hanover.