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This book examines processes of military, political and cultural
transformation from the perspective of officers in two countries:
Germany and Turkey in the 1930s. The national fates of both
countries interlocked during the Great War years and their close
alliance dictated their joint defeat in 1918. While the two
countries were manifestly different in their politics and culture,
both had lost the war and both went through powerful changes in its
immediate aftermath. They painted themselves as the victims of a
new imperialist order, whose chief representatives were Britain and
France. The result was a radical militarism that unleashed violent
currents in these countries - developments that were to be more
transformative than the impact of the war experience itself.
This book examines processes of military, political and cultural
transformation from the perspective of officers in two countries:
Germany and Turkey in the 1930s. The national fates of both
countries interlocked during the Great War years and their close
alliance dictated their joint defeat in 1918. While the two
countries were manifestly different in their politics and culture,
both had lost the war and both went through powerful changes in its
immediate aftermath. They painted themselves as the victims of a
new imperialist order, whose chief representatives were Britain and
France. The result was a radical militarism that unleashed violent
currents in these countries - developments that were to be more
transformative than the impact of the war experience itself.
When war engulfed Europe in 1914, the conflict quickly took on
global dimensions. Although fighting erupted in Africa and Asia,
the Great War primarily pulled troops from around the world into
Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Amid the fighting were large numbers
of expeditionary forces-and yet they have remained largely
unstudied as a collective phenomenon, along with the term
"expeditionary force" itself. This collection examines the
expeditionary experience through a wide range of case studies. They
cover major themes such as the recruitment, transport, and supply
of far-flung troops; the cultural and linguistic dissonance, as
well as gender relations, navigated by soldiers in foreign lands;
the political challenge of providing a rationale to justify their
dislocation and sacrifice; and the role of memory and
memorialization. Together, these essays open up new avenues for
understanding the experiences of soldiers who fought the First
World War far from home.
When war engulfed Europe in 1914, the conflict quickly took on
global dimensions. Although fighting erupted in Africa and Asia,
the Great War primarily pulled troops from around the world into
Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Amid the fighting were large numbers
of expeditionary forces-and yet they have remained largely
unstudied as a collective phenomenon, along with the term
"expeditionary force" itself. This collection examines the
expeditionary experience through a wide range of case studies. They
cover major themes such as the recruitment, transport, and supply
of far-flung troops; the cultural and linguistic dissonance, as
well as gender relations, navigated by soldiers in foreign lands;
the political challenge of providing a rationale to justify their
dislocation and sacrifice; and the role of memory and
memorialization. Together, these essays open up new avenues for
understanding the experiences of soldiers who fought the First
World War far from home.
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