Uncovered Fields: Perspectives in First World War Studies (History of Warfare, V. 20) [Hardcover]

Jenny Macleod (Editor), Pierre Purseigle (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2004 | ISBN-10: 9004132643 | ISBN-13: 978-9004132641

This volume presents original research on the military, social and cultural history of the First World War. Inspired by the reinvigoration of this subject area in the last decade, its chapters explore the stresses of waging a war, whose "totalizing logic" issued formidable challenges to communities, accounted for the pervasion of the conflict into the private sphere, and brought about specific intellectual responses. Subjects included are race and gender relations, shellshock, civil-military relations, social mobilization and military discipline. It encompasses an unusually broad geographical range, including papers on Britain, France and Germany, but also Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria-Hungary and Latin America. This collective undertaking will interest those who are dedicated to the comparative history of modern warfare. Contributors include: Olivier Compagnon, Emmanuelle Cronier, Anne Dumenil, Stefan Goebel, Hans-Georg Hofer, Jean-Yves LeNaour, Andre Loez, Jenny Macleod, Jessica Meyer, Michelle Moyd, Michael Neiberg, Tammy Proctor, Pierre Purseigle, Matthew Stibbe, Ismee Tames, Susanne Terwey.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jenny Macleod, Ph.D. (2000), Pembroke College, Cambridge, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of History and Classics, University of Edinburgh. She was previously Lecturer in Defence Studies, King’s College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. Her books on the cultural history of the Gallipoli campaign will be published in 2004.

Pierre Purseigle is a member of Pembroke College and a Visiting Research Scholar at the Modern History Faculty, University of Oxford. He graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Lyon and studied History at the University of California, Berkeley and at the University of Toulouse where he is completing his Ph.D. on social mobilization in WWI England and France.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 302 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (January 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004132643
• ISBN-13: 978-9004132641
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,453,005 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)