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Flag Wars and Stone Saints
In a new perspective on the formation of national identity in Central Europe, Wingfield analyzes what many historians have treated separately--the construction of the Czech and German nations--as a single phenomenon. Illustrations show how people absorbed, on many levels, visual clues that shaped how they identified themselves and their groups.
1918
This wide-ranging collection of articles by some of the most renowned names in the subject explores the tumultuous events of the final year of the First World War. In 2018, the world commemorated the centenary of the end of the First World War. In many ways, 1918 was the most dramatic year of the conflict. After the defeat of Russia in 1917, the Germans were able to concentrate their forces on the Western Front for the first time in the war, and the German offensives launched from March 1918 onward brought the Western Allies close to defeat. Having stopped the German offensives, the Entente started its counter-attacks on all fronts with the assistance of fresh US troops, driving the Germans ...
Zarstvo and Communism
The First World War brought with it enormous ideological, political and social problems. In Russia, as in Italy, the repercussions of the war were soon felt, and the two countries saw the birth of oppositional movements within them. In Russia, these movements grasped power thanks to a Bolshevik coup, while in Italy Mussolini founded the Fasci di combattimento, a real militia ready to ride the popular discontent with the “mutilated victory”, specifically the dissatisfaction with territories promised by the Treaty of London and not granted to Italy. Relations between these two countries were interrupted for several years and were resumed only when both realized that the economic advantages that could result from resuming relations would be far more beneficial than continuing their ideological confrontation. However, mutual distrust never stopped and rendered bilateral relations increasingly tenuous until they were definitely severed in the early years of the Second World War.
The Undermining of Austria-Hungary
This is a major new contribution to the historiography of the First World War. It examines the lively battle of ideas which helped to destroy Austria-Hungary. It also assesses, for the first time, the weapon of 'front propaganda' as used by and against the Empire on the Italian and Eastern Fronts. Based on material in eight languages, the work challenges accepted views about Britain's primacy in the field of propaganda, while casting fresh light on the creation of Yugoslavia and the viability of the Habsburg Empire in its last years.
V ruském zajetí
První světová válka přinesla natolik masivní počty zajatců válečných i civilních (odhady hovoří o 7 až 10 milionech), že významně změnila dosavadní pojetí pojmu „zajetí“. To totiž bylo dlouho v historii světových válečných konfliktů věcí sice obvyklou, ale podružnou. Kniha, čerpající z tisíců stran dochovaných archiválií, mapuje život zajatých Čechů i Slováků v Rusku a unikátní jev, kterým bylo vytváření zajateckých organizací. Ty se totiž postupně staly jediným zdrojem doplňování dobrovolníků pro rostoucí československé vojsko v Rusku. Kniha představuje vývoj institucionálního řešení otázky zajatých Čechů v Rusku, ale přináší také řadu příběhů z konkrétních zajateckých táborů.
