State, Society and Mobilization in Europe during the First World War [Hardcover]

Comparative essays on the political and cultural 'mobilization' of populations during the First World War.This is a volume of comparative essays on the First World War which focuses on one central feature: the political and cultural 'mobilization' of the populations of the main belligerent counties in Europe behind the war. It explores how and why they supported the war for so long (as soldiers and civilians), why that support weakened in the face of the devastation of trench warfare, and why states with a stronger degree of political support and national integration (such as Britain and France) were ultimately successful.This is a volume of comparative essays on the First World War which focuses on one central feature: the political and cultural 'mobilization' of the populations of the main belligerent counties in Europe behind the war. It explores how and why they supported the war for so long (as soldiers and civilians), why that support weakened in the face of the devastation of trench warfare, and why states with a stronger degree of political support and national integration (such as Britain and France) were ultimately successful.This is a volume of comparative essays on the First World War that focuses on one central feature: the political and cultural mobilization of the populations of the main belligerent countries in Europe behind the war. It explores how and why they supported the war for so long (as soldiers and civilians), why that support weakened in the face of the devastation of trench warfare, and why states with a stronger degree of political support and national integration (such as Britain and France) were ultimately successful.List of contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction: mobilising for 'total war', 19141918 John Horne; Part I. National Ideals: 2. German artists, writers and intellectuals and the meaning of war, 19141918 Wolfgang J. Mommsen; 3. Children and the primary schools of France, 19141918 St?phane Audoin-Rouzeau; 4. War, 'nationallóL