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Purpose of the First World War.
10 Million soldiers died during the First World War. But why, and for what reason? The Great War is widely seen as a "pointless carnage" (Pope Benedict XV). Was there a point, at least in the eyes of the political and military decision makers? International specialists analyse the hopes an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin/Boston, Germany :
De Gruyter,
2015.
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| Colección: | Schriften des Historischen Kollegs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Content; Danksagung; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; What Was the Great War about?War Aims, Military Strategies and Political Justifications during the First World War; Military Operations and National Policies, 1914-1918; War Aims and Strategies of the Entente Powers of 1914; French War Aims and Strategy; British Strategy and War Aims in the First World War; War as Legitimisation of Revolution, Revolution as Justification of War. Political Mobilisations in Russia, 1914-1917; Serbian War Aims and Military Strategy, 1914-1918; War Aims and Strategies of the Central Powers of 1914.
- Strategy, Politics, and the Quest for a Negotiated Peace. The German Case, 1914-1918"A Life and Death Question": Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the First World War; Reflection; Mourir pour Liège? World War I War Aims in a Long-Term Perspective; War Aims and Strategies of Powers Entering the Conflict Later than August 1914; Ottoman Strategy and War Aims during the First World War; "An Act of Madness"? Italy's War Aims and Strategy, 1915-1918; President Wilson and the War Aims of the United States; Conclusion; World War; List of Authors.