Absolute war : violence and mass warfare in the German lands, 1792-1820
Theories of war and violence -- From cabinet warfare to mass armies -- Heroism and the defence of the Volk -- The violence of civilian life -- The lives of soldiers -- War memories -- A history of remembering and forgetting
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford New York : Oxford University Press,
2017
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schlagworte: | War and society Deutschland Koalitionskriege Napoleonische Kriege Kriegführung Volkskrieg Gewalt Kollektives Gedächtnis Gesellschaft Geschichte 1792-1820 |
| Umfang: | viii, 297 Seiten |
| Zusammenfassung: | Theories of war and violence -- From cabinet warfare to mass armies -- Heroism and the defence of the Volk -- The violence of civilian life -- The lives of soldiers -- War memories -- A history of remembering and forgetting Absolute War' reassesses the meaning of military conflict for the millions of German subjects who were directly implicated in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Based on a re-reading of contemporary diaries, letters, memoirs, official correspondence, press reports, pamphlets, treatises, plays, and cartoons, this volume refocuses attention on combat and conscription as the central components of new forms of mass warfare. It concentrates, in particular, on the impact of violence, killing, and death on many soldiers' and some civilians' experiences and subsequent memories of conflict. War has often been conceived of as 'an act of violence pushed to its utmost bounds', as Clausewitz put it, but the relationship between military conflicts and violent acts remains a problematic one.00 |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 253-290 Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Beschreibung: | viii, 297 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 0198787456 9780198787457 9780191829468 0191829463 |