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World War I in Central and Eastern Europe - Politics, Conflict and Military Experience (Paperback)
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World War I in Central and Eastern Europe - Politics, Conflict and Military Experience (Paperback)
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In the English language World War I has largely been analysed and
understood through the lens of the Western Front. This book
addresses this imbalance by examining the war in Eastern and
Central Europe. The historiography of the war in the West has
increasingly focused on the experience of ordinary soldiers and
civilians, the relationships between them and the impact of war at
the time and subsequently. This book takes up these themes and,
engaging with the approaches and conclusions of historians of the
Western front, examines wartime experiences and the memory of war
in the East. Analysing soldiers' letters and diaries to discover
the nature and impact of displacement and refugee status on memory,
this volume offers a basis for comparison between experiences in
these two areas. It also provides material for intra-regional
comparisons that are still missing from the current research. Was
the war in the East wholly 'other'? Were soldiers in this region as
alienated as those in the West? Did they see themselves as citizens
and was there continuity between their pre-war or civilian and
military identities? And if, in the Eastern context, these
identities were fundamentally challenged, was it the experience of
war itself or its consequences (in the shape of imprisonment and
displacement, and changing borders) that mattered most? How did
soldiers and citizens in this region experience and react to the
traumas and upheavals of war and with what consequences for the
post-war era? In seeking to answer these questions and others, this
volume significantly adds to our understanding of World War I as
experienced in Central and Eastern Europe.
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