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The Legacies of Two World Wars
The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 was done mainly, if one is to believe US policy at the time, to liberate the people of Iraq from an oppressive dictator. However, the many protests in London, New York, and other cities imply that the policy of “making the world safe for democracy” was not shared by millions of people in many Western countries. Thinking about this controversy inspired the present volume, which takes a closer look at how society responded to the outbreaks and conclusions of the First and Second World Wars. In order to examine this relationship between the conduct of wars and public opinion, leading scholars trace the moods and attitudes of the people of four Western countries (Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy) before, during and after the crucial moments of the two major conflicts of the twentieth century. Focusing less on politics and more on how people experienced the wars, this volume shows how the distinction between enthusiasm for war and concern about its consequences is rarely clear-cut.
Small Nations and Colonial Peripheries in World War I
This edited volume examines the experience of World War I of small nations, defined here in terms of their relative weakness vis-à-vis the major actors in European diplomacy, and colonial peripheries, encompassing areas that were subject to colonial rule by European empires and thus located far from the heartland of these empires. The chapters address subject nations within Europe, such as Ireland and Poland; neutral states, such as Sweden and Spain; and overseas colonies like Tunisia, Algeria and German East Africa. By combining analyses of both European and extra-European experiences of war, this collection of essays provides a unique comparative perspective on World War I and points the way towards an integrated history of small nations and colonial peripheries. Contributors are Steven Balbirnie, Gearóid Barry, Jens Boysen, Ingrid Brühwiler, William Buck, AUde Chanson, Enrico Dal Lago, Matias Gardin, Richard Gow, Florian Grafl, Dónal Hassett, Guido Hausmann, Róisín Healy, Conor Morrissey, Michael Neiberg, David Noack, Chris Rominger, Danielle Ross and Christine Strotmann.
Scandinavia and the Great Powers in the First World War
This study is among the first works in English to comprehensively address the Scandinavian First World War experience in the larger international context of the war. It surveys the complex relationship between the belligerent great powers and Northern Europe's neutral small states in times of crisis and war. The book's overreaching rationale draws upon three underlying conceptual fields: neutrality and international law, hegemony and great power politics as well as diplomacy and policy-making of small states in the international arena. From a variety of angles, it examines the question of how neutrality was understood and perceived, negotiated and dealt with both among the Scandinavian state...
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Shaping Neutrality Throughout the First World War
The neutral status in the Great War turned out to be a transformative reality as the conflict itself, acquiring top political importance from its origins. As shown by most of the compiled works in this book, the dilemma between neutrality and belligerency shaped national self-identities and collective emotions long after the war ended.
Pandora’s Box
Winner of the Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Prize “The best large-scale synthesis in any language of what we currently know and understand about this multidimensional, cataclysmic conflict.” —Richard J. Evans, Times Literary Supplement In this monumental history of the First World War, Germany’s leading historian of the period offers a dramatic account of its origins, course, and consequences. Jörn Leonhard treats the clash of arms with a sure feel for grand strategy. He captures the slow attrition, the race for ever more destructive technologies, and the grim experiences of frontline soldiers. But the war was more than a military conflict and he also gives us the perspectives of leaders...
Dimensionen internationaler Geschichte
Internationale Geschichte hat sich im Zuge der Globalisierung zu einem lebhaften Feld der Geschichtswissenschaft entwickelt. 21 namhafte Vertreterinnen und Vertreter dieses Forschungsfeldes zeigen, wie sich die Phänomene internationaler Geschichte in den letzten zwei Jahrhunderten gewandelt haben und wie über sie geschrieben werden kann. Sie behandeln Kriege und Instrumente zur Friedenssicherung, staatliche und gesellschaftliche Akteure, globale und transnationale Entwicklungen, schließlich die Versuche, das Gesamtbild der internationalen Staaten- und Gesellschaftswelt ordnend zu erklären. Die Essays bieten eine Bilanz der Forschungen der letzten Jahre und regen mit begrifflichen und methodischen Präzisierungen zu ihrer Weiterentwicklung an. Mit Beiträgen von Eckart Conze, Simone Derix, Anselm Doering-Manteuffel, Jost Dülffer, Jörg Echternkamp, Jörg Fisch, Marc Frey, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Christine Hatzky, Madeleine Herren, Friedrich Kießling, Ursula Lehmkuhl, Wilfried Loth, Holger Nehring, Jochen Oltmer, Jürgen Osterhammel, Kiran Klaus Patel, Johannes Paulmann, Niels P. Petersson, Wolfram Pyta, Matthias Schulz
Frieden durch Recht?
This study presents the Paris Peace Treaties of 1919-20 in a new light. Going beyond conventional narratives about the "dictated" peace of Versailles and the failures of the peacemakers, the book offers a fresh and comprehensive look at the five peace treaties with Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. Marcus Payk exhibits the influence of late 19th century normative expectations and demonstrates how the entire peace settlement was deeply imbued by notions of international law, justice, and legality. The study examines the political power as well as intrinsic logic of legal arguments in foreign affairs, arguing for a more nuanced picture of a juridification of international politics.
Kooperative Informationsinfrastrukturen als Chance und Herausforderung
Kooperative Informationsinfrastrukturen als Chance und Herausforderung zu diesem Thema werden die Beiträge für die Festschrift für Thomas Bürger zum 65. Geburtstag zusammengestellt. Mehr als 40 Beiträge von renommierten Fachwissenschaftlern und Bibliothekaren geben einen aktuellen Überblick.
Zur Gerichtspraxis im 19. Jahrhundert
Die kommentierte Edition macht erstmals eine umfangreiche Prozessakte des 19. Jahrhunderts für die rechtshistorische Forschung zugänglich. Das Oberappellationsgericht Lübeck, von den Zeitgenossen als Deutschlands gelehrter Gerichtshof gerühmt, musste sich in fünf Verfahren mit Schmuggeleigeschäften auf der Ostsee zwischen Lübeck und Russland beschäftigen. Es ging unter anderem um Hinweispflichten in gegenseitigen Verträgen und um die Diskriminierung von Ausländern. Zahlreiche Frachtverzeichnisse sind von hohem wirtschaftsgeschichtlichen Wert. Gerichtsurteile verschiedener Instanzen und Juristenfakultäten, scharfsinnige Relationen, hochkarätige Auseinandersetzungen um prinzipielle Rechtsfragen und die Lichtgestalt des berühmten Präsidenten Arnold Heise machen die Lektüre zu einem Erlebnis, "kräftig und frisch, wie reine Seeluft".
