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Lusitania - The Cultural History of a Catastrophe (Hardcover)
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Lusitania - The Cultural History of a Catastrophe (Hardcover)
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A fascinating reassessment of a turning point in the First World
War, revealing its role in shaping the German psyche On May 7,
1915, the Lusitania, a large British luxury liner, was sunk by a
German submarine off the Irish coast. Nearly 1,200 people,
including 128 American citizens, lost their lives. The sinking of a
civilian passenger vessel without warning was a scandal of
international scale and helped precipitate the United States'
decision to enter the conflict. It also led to the immediate
vilification of Germany. Though the ship's sinking has preoccupied
historians and the general public for over a century, until now the
German side of the story has been largely untold. Drawing on varied
German sources, historian Willi Jasper provides a comprehensive
reappraisal of the sinking and its aftermath that focuses on the
German reaction and psyche. The attack on the Lusitania, he argues,
was not simply an escalation of violence but signaled a new
ideological, moral, and religious dimension in the struggle between
German Kultur and Western civilization.
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