Captivity, Forced Labour and Forced Migration in Europe During the First World War

ISBN-13: 9780415440035 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 224 str.

Matthew Stibbe

Opis

The notion of the First World War as the seminal catastrophe (Urkatastrophe) of the twentieth century is now well established in historiography. Yet astonishingly little has been written about the violence faced by non-combatants in occupied and non-occupied territory across Europe, including civilian internees, deportees, expellees and disarmed military prisoners. This volume brings together experts from Britain, Germany, Ireland, Israel and Switzerland to consider the phenomena of captivity, forced labour and forced migration during the years 1914 to 1918. Each contribution offers a European-wide perspective, thus moving beyond interpretations based on narrow national frameworks or on one of the fighting fronts alone. Particular emphasis is placed on the way in which the experience of internees, forced labourers and expellees was mediated by specific situational factors and by the development of ‘war cultures’ and ‘mentalities’ at different stages in the respective war efforts. Other themes considered include the recruitment and deployment of colonial troops in Europe, and efforts to investigate, monitor and prosecute alleged war crimes in relation to the mistreatment of civilians and POWs. A final chapter will then consider the longer-term legacies of First World War captivity and the possibility of continuities with the Second World War.

This book was published as a special issue of Immigrants and Minorities.

Recenzje

"Taken together, these essays provide insight into how class, gender, ethnicity, and nationality shaped the experiences of the First World War’s victims and combatants. Despite the geographical and thematic ground covered, Stibbe has managed to assemble a collection of complementary essays that shed new light on subjects that have received far too little attention [...] There remains much research to be done on the 1914–18 conflict, and Captivity, Forced Labour and Forced Migration in the First World War serves as an example of the sort of innovative comparative work one expects to see in the coming years. As such, it deserves a wide readership among both students and advanced scholars." Brian K. Feltman, University of Koln, Germany

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Captivity, Forced Labour and Forced Migration during the First World War  Matthew Stibbe  2. A Missing Paradigm? Military Captivity and the Prisoner of War, 1914–18  Heather Jones  3. Civilian Internment and Civilian Internees in Europe, 1914–20  Matthew Stibbe  4. Refugees and Forced Migrants during the First World War  Peter Gatrell  5. The Recruitment of Colonial Troops in Africa and Asia and their Deployment in Europe during the First World War  Christian Koller  6. The Punishment of War Crimes Committed against Prisoners of War, Deportees and Refugees during and after the First World War  Daniel Marc Segesser  7. The Repatriation and Reception of Returning Prisoners of War, 1918–22  Reinhard Nachtigal

O autorze

Matthew Stibbe is Senior Lecturer in History at Sheffield Hallam University.