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The legacies of two world wars : European societies in the twentieth century /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kettenacker, Lothar (Editor ), Riotte, Torsten, 1972- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • "Old Europe" and the legacy of two world wars / Lothar Kettenacker and Torsten Riotte
  • Prevention or regulation of war? : the Hague peace conferences as a limited tool for reforming the international system before 1914 / Jost Dülffer
  • "The spirit of 1914" : a critical examination of war enthusiasm in German society / Gerhard Hirschfeld
  • Construction and deconstruction of the idea of French "war enthusiasm" in 1914 / Nicolas Beaupré
  • The mood in Britain, 1914 / Hartmut von Pogge Strandmann
  • The First World War in the history of the Weimar Republic / Gerd Krumreich
  • Fascism and legacy of the Great War / Angelo Ventrone
  • The French desire for peace and security in the 1920's / Jean-Claude Allain
  • Britain in the wake in the Great War / Jay Winter
  • Germany : war without public backing / Hans Mommsen
  • The French entry into the war in September 1939 : between reluctans and resignation / Barbara Lambauer
  • Great Britain : declaring war as a matter of honour / Lothar Kettenacker
  • Disillusionment, pragmatism, indifference : German society after the "catastrophe" / Clemens Vollnhals
  • The French after 1945 : difficulties and disappointments of an immediate post-war period / Fabrice Grenard
  • Great Britain : remembering a just war (1945-1950) / Toby Haggith
  • Italy after 1945 : war and peace, defeat and liberation / Gustavo Corni.