New Perspectives on the First World War: Beyond No Mans Land [Hardcover]

Taken collectively, the chapters in New Perspectives on the First World War: Beyond No Mans Land not only illuminate pieces of the Great War that remain in the shadow of the broader narratives, but also, and more importantly, foster new perspectives, pose distinct questions, and suggest fresh directions from which future work might emerge. Transnational approaches, the cultural and environmental history of war, and genders ubiquitous but heretofore marginalized role in the larger conflict together merit fresh research and careful new interpretation. 

1.All Quiet on Every Front: Fighting the Great War Beyond No Mans Land.- Part I The Global War.- 2.World War I in East Asia: Transnational Aspects of the Qingdao Campaign (August 23November 7, 1914).- 3.West Indian Soldiers and the Mediated, Imagined Landscapes of the First World War.- 4.Great Britains World War I Naval Blockade of Germany: International Law Versus the Trident of Neptune.- Part II Cultures of War.- 5.Of Rats and Men: The Decisive Role of Rodents on the Western Front.- 6.Empire and Harrows Epic of War: British Officers and Imperial Culture in the First World War.- 7.Deconstructing Rudolf Berthold: The Brittle, Violent Life of Germanys Iron Aviator.- Part III Between the Home Front and the Front Lines.- 8.Dinner in the Trenches: Army Rations, Rolling Kitchens, and the Logistics of Food for American Doughboys.- 9.War and Welfare: Separation Allowances in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States.- 10.Unionism in Defeat: The Unravelling of a World War I Compact in Texas Rail Towns.- Part IV Gender and War.- 11.Blurring the Line and Walking the Street: The Elision of Visual Distinctions Between Prostitutes and New Women in Otto Dixs Three Prostitutes on the Street (Drei Dirnen auf der Stra?e) .- 12.Eminently appalling suffering: Irish Women in World War I Medical Services, Citizenship, ló&