World War I heralded a new global era of warfare, consolidating
and expanding changes that had been building throughout the
previous century, while also instituting new notions of war. The
1914-18 conflict witnessed the first aerial bombing of civilian
populations, the first widespread concentration camps for the
internment of enemy alien civilians, and an unprecedented use of
civilian labor and resources for the war effort. Humanitarian
relief programs for civilians became a common feature of modern
society, while food became as significant as weaponry in the fight
to win.
Tammy M. Proctor argues that it was World War I--the first
modern, global war--that witnessed the invention of both the modern
"civilian" and the "home front," where a totalizing war strategy
pitted industrial nations and their citizenries against each other.
Civilians in a World at War, 1914-1918, explores the different ways
civilians work and function in a war situation, and broadens our
understanding of the civilian to encompass munitions workers,
nurses, laundresses, refugees, aid workers, and children who lived
and worked in occupied zones, on home and battle fronts, and in the
spaces in between. Comprehensive and global in scope, spanning the
Eastern, Western, Italian, East African, and Mediterranean fronts,
Proctor examines in lucid and evocative detail the role of experts
in the war, the use of forced labor, and the experiences of
children in the combatant countries.
As in many wars, civilians on both sides of WWI were affected,
and vast displacements of the populations shaped the contemporary
world in countless ways, redrawing boundaries and creating or
reviving lines of ethnic conflict. Exploring primary source
materials and secondary studies of combatant and neutral nations,
while synthesizing French, German, Dutch, and English language
sources, Proctor transcends the artificial boundaries of national
histories and the exclusive focus on soldiers. Instead she tells
the fascinating and long-buried story of the civilian in the Great
War, allowing voices from the period to speak for themselves.
General
Imprint: |
New York University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2010 |
First published: |
August 2010 |
Authors: |
Tammy M Proctor
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
377 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8147-6715-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
0-8147-6715-X |
Barcode: |
9780814767153 |
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