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The Great War and the Anthropocene
This volume places the Eastern, especially the Austro-Russian, fronts of the Great War centre stage, examining the little-known environmental and spatial dimensions in the history of the war. The focus is particularly on the Austrian crown land of Galicia, which was transformed from a neglected periphery into a battleground of three imperial armies, and where for the first time, nature was a key protagonist. The book balances contributions by emerging and established scholars, and benefits from a multi-language approach, expertise in the field, and extensive archival research in national archives. Contributors are Hanna Bazhenova, Gustavo Corni, Iaroslav Golubinov, Kerstin Susanne Jobst, Tomasz Kargol, Alexandra Likhacheva, Oksana Nagornaia, David Novotny, Christoph Nübel, Gwendal Piégais, Andrea Rendl, Kamil Ruszała, Nicolas Saunders, Kerstin von Lingen, Yulia Zherdeva, and Liubov Zhvanko.
Militarization and Democracy in West Germany's Border Police, 1951-2005
"A social history of West Germany's Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS, Federal Border Police) that complicates the telling of the country's history as a straightforward success story. The 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers shows that police violence is still a problem in Western democracies. Floyd's murder prompted some critics to hail the German police as a model of democratic policing that should be emulated. After 1945, Germany's police forces had supposedly shed the militarization and authoritarian impulses still prevalent in other nations' forces. These uncritical appraisals, however, deserve closer analysis. This book is a social history of West Germany's Bundesgrenzschutz...
On a Knife Edge
A fundamental reassessment of German politics and strategy during the First World War and why it was that Germany lost.
Sensory Warfare in the Global Cold War
The longest political conflict of the twentieth century, the Cold War, was carried out on the human senses—and through them. Largely conducted through nonlethal methods, it was a war of competing cultures, politics, and covert operations. While propaganda reached targets through vision and hearing, sensory warfare also exploited taste, touch, smell, and pain. This volume is the first to explore the sensory aspect of the Cold War and how this warfare changed contemporary perception of the war. The authors highlight the global dimension of sensory warfare, examining battlegrounds around the world and across different phases of the conflict, including “cold” and “hot” warfare—both c...
Who Was Who on TV
The information herein was accumulated of fifty some odd years. The collection process started when TV first came out and continued until today. The books are in alphabetical order and cover shows from the 1940s to 2010. The author has added a brief explanation of each show and then listed all the characters, who played the roles and for the most part, the year or years the actor or actress played that role. Also included are most of the people who created the shows, the producers, directors, and the writers of the shows. These books are a great source of trivia information and for most of the older folk will bring back some very fond memories. I know a lot of times we think back and say, "Who was the guy that played such and such a role?" Enjoy!
Violence and the German Soldier in the Great War
"The first systematic analysis of the contexts and practices of violence in the German army in World War One"--Provided by publisher.
Environmental Histories of the First World War
Surveys the ecological impacts of World War I, showing how the war had a global impact on the environment.
Time and Stone: The Emergence and Development of Megaliths and Megalithic Societies in Europe
This analysis is concerned with the dating of megaliths in Europe and is based on 2410 available radiocarbon results and the application of a Bayesian statistical framework. It is, so far, the largest existing attempt to establish a supra-regional synthesis on the emergence and development of megaliths in Europe.
Nerven und Krieg
In den deutschen Kriegsdebatten ging es seit dem Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts auch um die Frage, welche Belastungen ein zukünftiger Krieg den Nerven der Bevölkerung abverlangen würde. Im Ersten Weltkrieg etablierten sich dann Nervenstärke und Nervenschwäche als häufig benutzte Kampfbegriffe; hinzu kam nun die massenhafte Erfahrung von psychischen Versehrungen und deren Behandlung. Dieser Band lotet das Verhältnis von Nerven und Krieg in der Vor- und Nachkriegszeit des Ersten Weltkriegs erstmals systematisch aus. Er richtet den Blick sowohl auf die zeitgenössischen Nervendiskurse wie auch auf individuelle wie gesellschaftliche psychische Mobilisierungs- und Leidenserfahrungen.
Der Sport des Militärs
Sport hat für das Militär generell und für die Soldaten und Soldatinnen in ihrem Dienstalltag und in Einsatzsituationen eine herausgehobene Bedeutung. Die Rolle des Sports in den Streitkräften geht dabei weit über die Ertüchtigung des Körpers hinaus. Dieser Band ist das erste umfassende Werk, das sich der Thematik Sport und Militär und ihren Dimensionen aus verschiedenen Disziplinen – Sozialwissenschaften und Geschichte sowie Medizin, Sportwissenschaft und Psychologie – nähert. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Zusammenhang von Sport und Militär im 20. Jahrhundert und auf der Ausgestaltung dieses Beziehungsgeflechts in der Bundeswehr. Der Band gliedert sich in fünf Sektionen. Zunächst werden die grundlegenden Beziehungen von Sport und Militär betrachtet – aus wissenschaftlicher wie aus praktischer Sicht. Die zweite Sektion widmet sich aus sportwissenschaftlicher Perspektive der Praxis des Sports im Militär, die dritte Sektion der Förderung des Spitzensports. Die vierte Sektion liefert historische Analysen. Eine abschließende Sektion blickt mit zeitgeschichtlichem Ansatz auf das Verhältnis von Sport und Militär in anderen Ländern bzw. Streitkräften.
