August 1914: France, the Great War, and a month that changed the world forever

"On August 1, 1914, war erupted into the lives of millions of families across France. Most people thought the conflict would last just a few weeks. Yet before the month was out, twenty-seven thousand French soldiers died on the single day of August 22 alone...the worst catastrophe in French mil...

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Main Author: Cabanes, Bruno 1967- (Author)
Other Authors: O'Hara, Stephanie Elizabeth 1973- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London Yale University Press [2016]
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"On August 1, 1914, war erupted into the lives of millions of families across France. Most people thought the conflict would last just a few weeks. Yet before the month was out, twenty-seven thousand French soldiers died on the single day of August 22 alone...the worst catastrophe in French military history. Refugees streamed into France as the German army advanced, spreading rumors that amplified still more the ordeal of war. Citizens of enemy countries who were living in France were viciously scapegoated. Drawing from diaries, personal correspondence, police reports, and government archives, Bruno Cabanes renders an intimate, narrative-driven study of the first weeks of World War I in France. Told from the perspective of ordinary women and men caught in the flood of mobilization, this revealing book deepens our understanding of the traumatic impact of war on soldiers and civilians alike." ... Publisher's description
Physical Description:xvii, 230 Seiten Karte 22 cm
ISBN:9780300208276
0300208278

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