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Evidence, History and the Great War: Historians and the Impact of 1914-18

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Evidence, History and the Great War: Historians and the Impact of 1914-18Evidence, History and the Great War: Historians and the Impact of 1914-18 by Gail Braybon
ISBN: 1571817247
Published by Berghahn Books on December 12th 2003
Pages: 248

Len's Summary: How the great war has influenced present-day historians.

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The Armenian Genocide: Evidence from the German Foreign Office Archives, 1915-1916

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The Armenian Genocide: Evidence from the German Foreign Office Archives, 1915-1916The Armenian Genocide: Evidence from the German Foreign Office Archives, 1915-1916 by Wolfgang Gust
ISBN: 9781782381433
Published by Berghahn Books on January 15th 2013
Pages: 786

Len's Summary: In translation from the original German published just in time for the centenary of the 1915 Armenian massacres.

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Banned in Berlin: Literary Censorship in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918

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Banned in Berlin: Literary Censorship in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918Banned in Berlin: Literary Censorship in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 by Gary D. Stark
ISBN: 9781845455705
Published by Berghahn Books on March 2009
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Political Science, Censorship, Social Science, General
Pages: 316

Len's Summary: Imperial Germany took a broad view of measures permissible and necessary to maintain moral and religious norms and political order, but this did not stifle literary life.

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Judgment at Istanbul: The Armenian Genocide Trials

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Judgment at Istanbul: The Armenian Genocide TrialsJudgment at Istanbul: The Armenian Genocide Trials by Vahakn N. Dadrian, Taner Akçam
ISBN: 0857452517
Published by Berghahn Books on December 1st 2011
Genres: History, Middle East, Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Law, Criminal Law, General
Pages: 376

Len's Summary: Analysis of the official Ottoman record Turkish military tribunals concerning crimes against Armenians during WWI. One of a number of new analyses of the 1915 Armenian massacres as the centenary of those events approaches.

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Imperial Germany Revisited: Continuing Debates and New Perspectives

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Imperial Germany Revisited: Continuing Debates and New PerspectivesImperial Germany Revisited: Continuing Debates and New Perspectives by Cornelius Torp, Sven Oliver Müller
ISBN: 9780857459008
Published by Berghahn Books on October 15th 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Modern, 19th Century, Essays
Pages: 362

Len's Summary: Essays on continuities and discontinuities in modern German History. -- An exploration of the German Empire, its structure and its dynamic development from 1871 to 1918.

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The Surplus Woman: Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918

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The Surplus Woman: Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918The Surplus Woman: Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 by Catherine L. Dollard
ISBN: 9780857453136
Published by Berghahn Books on January 1st 2012
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Social Science, Gender Studies
Pages: 272

Len's Summary: Feminist social history.

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An Improbable War? The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture before 1914

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An Improbable War? The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture before 1914An Improbable War? The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture before 1914 by Holger Afflerbach, David Stevenson
ISBN: 9780857453105
Published by Berghahn Books on January 1st 2012
Genres: History, General, Military, World War I, Essays
Pages: 365

Len's Summary: Essays provide a new look at cause and effect. First published in hard cover in 2007. -- A valuable addition to the debate on the causes on The Great War. // A new scholarly look at causes of The Great War edited by the author of Armaments and the Coming of War: Europe 1904-1914, Oxford, 1996.

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The Legacies of Two World Wars: European Societies in the Twentieth Century

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The Legacies of Two World Wars: European Societies in the Twentieth CenturyThe Legacies of Two World Wars: European Societies in the Twentieth Century by Lothar Kettenacker, Torsten Riotte
ISBN: 9781782381150
Published by Berghahn Books on December 1st 2013
Genres: History, Europe, General, Modern, 20th Century, Social History
Pages: 332

Len's Summary: The relation between public opinion and war in Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany. -- Illustrates that distinctions between enthusiasm for war and concern for its consequences are seldom clear cut.

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