Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Dónal Hassett
Keyword(s):  
Mikhail Bakhtin ◽  
Political Mobilization ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
World War ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Colonial Archive ◽  
History Of ◽  
Global Nature ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

This introduction opens with an analysis of the controversies that surrounded the centenary of the Great War in Algeria, arguing that they reflect a much longer history of political mobilization of the war’s memory in the country. It positions this book at the heart of contemporary historiographical debates about the global nature of the First World War and its legacies, the conflict’s impact in the colonial world, and the transformation of politics in interwar Algeria. By combining the work of leading scholars of colonialism with the discourse analysis approach of the literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin, it explains why the contested language of politics is so crucial to understanding questions of agency in a colonial context like interwar Algeria. Finally, it acknowledges the challenges of the colonial archive and demonstrates how a critical approach to sources can allow for a nuanced discussion of political discourse in colonial societies such as the Algeria.

scholarly journals Bulgarian crimes against civilians in occupied Serbia during the First World War

Balcanica ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 357-390
Author(s):  
Milovan Pisarri
Keyword(s):  
War Crimes ◽  
First World War ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
World War ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The First World War ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

Since sufferings of civilian populations during the First World War in Europe, especially war crimes perpetrated against civilians, have - unlike the political and military history of the Great War - only recently become an object of scholarly interest, there still are considerable gaps in our knowledge, the Balkans being a salient example. Therefore, suggesting a methodology that involves a comparative approach, the use of all available sources, cooperation among scholars from different countries and attention to the historical background, the paper seeks to open some questions and start filling lacunae in our knowledge of the war crimes perpetrated against Serb civilians as part of the policy of Bulgarization in the portions of Serbia under Bulgarian military occupation.

A Fractured Service: Frances Webster and The Great War, 1914–1918

2018 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Mcguire
Keyword(s):  
Complex Mixture ◽  
First World War ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Great War ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
World War ◽  
The First World War ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

Born to privilege in Boston, Frances Webster, like her peers volunteered overseas with the American Red Cross as a nurse's aide. Where the activities of other Americans during the First World War is characterized as a “culture of coercive volunterism,” Webster's reflected a more complex mixture of altruism and tourism. Her history of participation in the First World War suggests historians need more multifaceted frameworks to explain Americans' First World War service.

scholarly journals The First World War and its Legacy in the Middle East

2016 ◽  
pp. 91-108
Author(s):  
Eugene Rogan
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
First World War ◽  
Past Century ◽  
World War ◽  
The Past ◽  
The First World War ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

The First World War proved a crucial turning point in the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa. Under conditions of total warfare, conscripts and civilians suffered greater losses and depredations than in any other conflict in the region before or since. The Great War also led to the breakup of the Ottoman Empire after four centuries of rule over the Arab lands, to be replaced by a modern state system actively negotiated between the Entente Powers in the course of the war. While the borders of Middle Eastern states have proven remarkably enduring over the past century, so too have the problems engendered by the wartime partition diplomacy.

scholarly journals THE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR AT THE EASTERN FRONT: HISTORIOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE AND RESEARCH PROSPECTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
O. S. Nagornaia ◽  
◽  
Y. A. Golubinov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
First World War ◽  
Great War ◽  
World War ◽  
Ecological History ◽  
Eastern Front ◽  
The First World War ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

A lacuna that clearly needs to be filled and remains among various topics of the ecological history of the First World War is the Eastern front theme. The authors of this historiographical essay attempt to analyze various papers and monographs on the ecological history of the First World War, such as works on ecological history and history of technologies, works on socio- and cultural-ecological aspects of the Great War, as well as publications on the experience of military occupation at the Eastern Front and its impact on the ecosystems of different regions. A critical analysis of the achievements and limitations of modern historiography allow the authors to emphasize thematic fields of perspective research. The authors notice that the Eastern front is still obscure and largely ignored by English-speaking scholars. The historiography includes a wide variety of thematic fields. Most of them are related to environmental changes in West European war theatre, as well as in colonial landscapes. Such a view deforms the general picture of the Great War. So, the reconstruction of the military impact on the landscapes of the Eastern front, attempts to economically organize the war space by different armies on the same territories, as well as the transformations of local population's management practice, seem to correct the idea of the universality of the Western front processes and phenomena.

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