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Proximity and distance : space, time and World War I /

The global magnitude of World War I has meant that proximity and distance were highly influential in the ways the conflict was conducted, and how it was experienced at tactical, political and emotional levels. This book explores how participants and observers in World War I negotiated the temporal a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fathi, Romain (Editor ), Robertson, Emily (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carlton, Victoria, Australia : Melbourne University Publishing, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: World War I and the Space-Time-War Nexus
  • Part I: Tactical and Strategic Challenges
  • Chapter 2: Military Theory and Physical Proximity in the British and French Infantry during World War I
  • Chapter 3: Historiographical Distance and Western Proximity to the Ottoman World
  • Part II: Bridging the Divide: Propaganda and Persuasion
  • Chapter 4: The Cinema's Front Row: Propaganda and Visual Proximity in German Film during World War I
  • Chapter 5: 'Cooee': The Theme of Distance in Australian Recruitment Posters during World War I
  • Chapter 6: Shared Ideals: Transatlantic Liberalism, Atrocity Propaganda and US Entry into World War I
  • Part III: Bringing The Diaspora Together
  • Chapter 7: Globalising World War I: The Italian War Effort in Greater Buenos Aires
  • Chapter 8: Wartime Migration and Humanitarian Relief: The Philanthropic Mission of the Gustavus Adolphus Association in the German Diaspora in Occupied Eastern Europe during World War I
  • Part IV: Time, Memory And Understanding
  • Chapter 9: 'Always Thinking in the Other Part of the Globe': Australians and the Meanings of Wartime Correspondence
  • Chapter 10: French Resistances and the Shadow of the Great War
  • Chapter 11: Repatriating the Remains of Russian Combatants during the Great War
  • Chapter 12: The Greater Great War in Serbia: Historical Distance in Serbian literature
  • Select Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index