The Spirit of 1914: Militarism, Myth, and Mobilization in Germany

ISBN-13: 9780521771375 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 284 str.

Jeffrey Verhey

Opis

This is the first systematic analysis of German public opinion at the outbreak of the Great War. Jeffrey Verhey's powerful study demonstrates that the myth of war enthusiasm was historically inaccurate. He also examines the development of the myth in newspapers, politics and propaganda, and the propagation and appropriation of this myth after the war. His innovative analysis sheds new light on German experience of the Great War and on the role of political myths in modern German political culture.

Recenzje

'Scholars and students alike will be grateful to Jeffrey Verhey for having analysed [his subject] with care and great detail.' Aribert Reimann, German History

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction: the myth of the 'spirit of 1914'; 1. Public opinion in Germany, July 1914: the evidence of the crowds; 2. The response to the outbreak of war; 3. The 'August experiences'; 4. The 'spirit of 1914' in the immediate interpretations of the meaning of the war; 5. The government's myth of the spirit of 1914; 6. The 'spirit of 1914' in the discourse of the political parties; 7. The myth of the 'spirit of 1914' in German propaganda, 1916–18; 8. The 'spirit of 1914', 1919–45; Conclusion: the myth of the 'spirit of 1914' in German political culture, 1914–45; Select bibliography; Index.