POWs and the Great War

Titel: POWs and the Great War : captivity on the Eastern Front / Alon Rachamimov
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Veröffentlicht: Oxford ˜[u.a.]œ : Berg Pubs. ˜[u.a.]œ, 2002
Umfang: XII, 259 S.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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mehrbändiges Werk:
The Legacy of the Great War
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ISBN: 1859735738 ; 1859735789 ; 1859735789
Lokale Klassifikation: 20 7 K ; 41 7 K ; 41 7 Nk
  • List of Figures
  • Tables and Charts
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • p. 1
  • 1
  • Clio's Veil Historiographic Contexts
  • 5 1
  • Becoming Prisoners of War
  • p. 45
  • The Creation of the Austro-Hungarian POW Problem
  • p. 45
  • Austro-Hungarian POWs in Russia: A Quantitative Overview
  • p. 50
  • Becoming POWs: The View from Below
  • p. 61
  • 2
  • The Hague Convention and the Treatment of POWs: Mission and Omissions
  • p. 96
  • Prisoner of War Camps in World War I and the 'Barbaric' Twentieth Century
  • p. 96
  • The Legal Framework
  • p. 99
  • The 'Prototype' Thesis
  • p. 112
  • 3
  • The Treatment of POWs in Russia
  • p. 125
  • Prisoner of War Camps and other Places of Internment
  • p. 127
  • Living Conditions in POW Camps
  • p. 137
  • Prisoners of War as Labor
  • p. 152
  • Propaganda and Recruitment Among the Prisoners
  • p. 163
  • The Treatment of POWs and the Perception of World War I
  • p. 172
  • 4
  • In Search of the 'Good and Loyal Prisoner': The Austro-Hungarian Censorship and the POWs
  • p. 191
  • Patriotism in a Multi-National State
  • p. 191
  • The Austro-Hungarian POW Censorship
  • p. 194
  • Austro-Hungarian POWs, the Censorship and the Issue of Loyalty
  • p. 210
  • 5
  • The Emperor's Clothes: The Austro-Hungarian POW Relief Effort
  • p. 232
  • POW Relief in World War I: The Uniqueness of the Eastern Front
  • p. 232
  • The Austro-Hungarian POW Material Relief
  • p. 237
  • The Austro-Hungarian Nurses
  • p. 247
  • 6
  • Imperial Identities and Personal Concerns: The Perspective of the Prisoners
  • p. 276
  • Repatriation and the Repatriation System (Heimkehrwesen)
  • p. 276
  • li0Prisoner of War Letters and their Usefulness as a Historical Source
  • p. 283
  • The Relief Effort: The Prisoners' Perspective
  • p. 285
  • Epilogue: Captivity in the Collective Remembrance of the Great War @ The Emergence of a Commemorative Pecking Order
  • p. 320
  • Bibliography
  • p. 335
  • Index