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The year 1916 has recently been identified as "a tipping point for
the intensification of protests, riots, uprisings and even
revolutions." Many of these constituted a challenge to the
international pre-war order of empires, and thus collectively
represent a global anti-imperial moment, which was the
revolutionary counterpart to the later diplomatic attempt to
construct a new world order in the so-called Wilsonian moment.
Chief among such events was the Easter Rising in Ireland, an
occurrence that took on worldwide significance as a challenge to
the established order. This is the first collection of specialist
studies that aims at interpreting the global significance of the
year 1916 in the decline of empires.
The year 1916 has recently been identified as "a tipping point for
the intensification of protests, riots, uprisings and even
revolutions." Many of these constituted a challenge to the
international pre-war order of empires, and thus collectively
represent a global anti-imperial moment, which was the
revolutionary counterpart to the later diplomatic attempt to
construct a new world order in the so-called Wilsonian moment.
Chief among such events was the Easter Rising in Ireland, an
occurrence that took on worldwide significance as a challenge to
the established order. This is the first collection of specialist
studies that aims at interpreting the global significance of the
year 1916 in the decline of empires.
Expertly contextualized by two leading historians in the field,
this unique collection offers 13 accounts of individual experiences
of World War II from across Europe. It sees contributors describe
their recent ancestors' experiences ranging from a Royal Air Force
pilot captured in Yugoslavia and a Spanish communist in the French
resistance to two young Jewish girls caught in the siege of
Leningrad. Contributors draw upon a variety of sources, such as
contemporary diaries and letters, unpublished postwar memoirs,
video footage as well as conversations in the family setting. These
chapters attest to the enormous impact that war stories of family
members had on subsequent generations. The story of a father who
survived Nazi captivity became a lesson in resilience for a
daughter with personal difficulties, whereas the story of a
grandfather who served the Nazis became a burden that divided the
family. At its heart, Family Histories of World War II concerns
human experiences in supremely difficult times and their meaning
for subsequent generations.
Expertly contextualized by two leading historians in the field,
this unique collection offers 13 accounts of individual experiences
of World War II from across Europe. It sees contributors describe
their recent ancestors' experiences ranging from a Royal Air Force
pilot captured in Yugoslavia and a Spanish communist in the French
resistance to two young Jewish girls caught in the siege of
Leningrad. Contributors draw upon a variety of sources, such as
contemporary diaries and letters, unpublished postwar memoirs,
video footage as well as conversations in the family setting. These
chapters attest to the enormous impact that war stories of family
members had on subsequent generations. The story of a father who
survived Nazi captivity became a lesson in resilience for a
daughter with personal difficulties, whereas the story of a
grandfather who served the Nazis became a burden that divided the
family. At its heart, Family Histories of World War II concerns
human experiences in supremely difficult times and their meaning
for subsequent generations.
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