scholarly journals Paris–Rome–London. Information and Propaganda Campaign for the Polish Question prior to the Great War (1907–14)

2022 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 5-33
Author(s):  
Tomasz Sikorski ◽  
Adam Wątor
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Great War ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Information Campaign ◽  
Secondary Literature ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Polish Question ◽  
The Press ◽  
Run Up ◽  
The Great War

The article reconstructs Polish information and propaganda campaigns in Western Europe in the run-up to the Great War. Those initiatives allowed the issues related to the Polish question, especially the persecution of Poles under the Prussian and Russian partitions, to be brought to public attention in the West. The authors trace the process of disseminating information to the intellectual communities of Paris, Rome and London based on participant accounts, reports, propaganda pamphlets, the press from the period and secondary literature. They conclude that propaganda campaigns reached a relatively narrow group of intellectuals, writers, members of the artistic community, journalists, and to a lesser extent, parliamentarians. Although the information campaign could not immediately alter the previously established stereotypes, its specific effects could be observed during the Great War and at the Paris Peace Conference.

scholarly journals Gry pamięci. Valiant Hearts: The Great War i My Memory of Us w perspektywie kultury historycznej

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (38) ◽  
pp. 144-160
Author(s):  
Marcin Pigulak
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Great War ◽  
World War ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Press ◽  
Historical Culture ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Second World ◽  
First World

The paper aims to outline how video games Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier, 2014) and My Memory of Us (Juggler Games, 2018) use narrative and ludic structures to create commemorative stories about the First World War and the Second World War. The author refer to the concept of historical culture (among others, in Jörn Rüsen’s interpretation) and examine the connections between the two video games focusing on the issue of designers’ intentions (digital games as examples of the commemoration of the past), the genre similarity (2D platform games), the intermedial convergence and the press reception. He discusses the strategy of the cultural agreement between designers and users, analyzes historical narratives as a part of the gameplay, examines relations between the individual and collective’s perspective and characterizes immersion’s mechanisms which reinforce players’ identification with the victims of both wars.

Uniforms and Commercial Culture: Constructing a Vision of Warfare in Pre-Great War Britain

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-60
Author(s):  
Christopher Leach
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
Great War ◽  
Cultural Meaning ◽  
Commercial Culture ◽  
The Past ◽  
Small Wars ◽  
Anticipate Change ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Great War

Uniforms carry cultural meaning shaped by their interaction with military realities. They can communicate tradition but also anticipate change. Prior to the Great War, British Army uniforms had developed from the familiar red tunic to khaki, but the manner of their representation in the mass culture confirmed a continuity and correctness of the British way of war that ran against the emerging industrialization of warfare. Wearing familiar uniforms linked to the past and concurrently fighting what seemed like anachronistic ‘small wars’ in empire as reported in the press, what awaited the volunteers of 1914–15 could not have been anticipated by those consumers of the commercial culture. This article uses a variety of sources, from the illustrated adult and juvenile press, paintings, and toys, to reveal the link between uniforms and the representation of warfare in the fifty years prior to the Great War. In that representation we see not just the glorification of war that cultural historians attach to gendered, imperialist, or nationalist meanings. This article argues that the role of uniforms in the representation of warfare was a means by which to make it knowable and worthwhile for the consumer public. But by representing past and contemporary uniforms quite accurately, the writers and artists imposed a sense of military continuity at a time when war was changing.

Politicians, the Press, and Propaganda: Lord Northcliffe and the Great War

2000 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 866
Author(s):  
David R. Woodward ◽  
J. Lee Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Great War ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Great War

scholarly journals Una guerra civil incruenta: la polarización de la prensa y los partidos políticos alrededor de la Gran Guerra en Asturias (1914-1919) = A bloodless civil war: The polarization of the press and political parties around the Great War in Asturias (1914-1919)

2020 ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
José Luis Agudín Menéndez
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
World War I ◽  
Great War ◽  
World War ◽  
The Public ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

Resumen: El objetivo de estas páginas es atender el impacto ideológico de la Primera Guerra Mundial en Asturias. Aprovechando una tesitura historiográfica eminentemente favorable en la proliferación de investigaciones sobre la Gran Guerra y la opinión pública al calor del centenario, este artículo aborda un hecho apenas trabajado en la historiografía asturiana. El apoyo documental se cimenta sobre la lectura de publicaciones periódicas como los diarios de gran circulación provinciales (El Carbayón de Oviedo, El Noroeste, El Comercio y El Pueblo Astur de Gijón o La Voz de Avilés) así como, de modo ocasional, rotativos nacionales (El Correo Español, El Siglo Futuro o El Socialista de Madrid). Asimismo se nutre de fuentes literarias y de la consulta de las actas municipales. Son descritos aquí el inicio de la guerra, la llegada de las misiones culturales francesas, la recepción de la guerra submarina y los festejos aliadófilos al final de las hostilidades.Palabras clave: I Guerra Mundial, aliadófilos y germanófilos, historia de la prensa, opinión pública, Melquíades Álvarez, Asturias.Abstract: The purpose of these pages is to attend the ideological impact of the First World War in Asturias. Taking advantage of a favorable historiographical tessitura in the proliferation of investigations on the Great War and the public opinion to the heat of the centenary, this article deals with a fact hardly worked in Asturian historiography. The documentary support is based on the reading of the provincial newspapers (El Carbayón in Oviedo, El Noroeste, El Comercio and El Pueblo Astur in Gijón or La Voz de Avilés) as well as, occasionally, national newspapers (El Correo Español, El Siglo Futuro or El Socialista in Madrid). It also draws on literary sources and the consultation of municipal Minutes Book. A feather flies the beginning of the war, the arrival of cultural missions, the reception of submarine warfare and the allied celebrations at the end of hostilities are described here.Keywords: World War I, pro-allied and Germanophiles, press history, public opinion, Melquíades Álvarez, Asturias.

scholarly journals The US and the Second Polish Republic in 1918-1921: Particularities of Interstate Relations

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-77
Author(s):  
Taras Piatnychuk
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
Great War ◽  
Interstate Relations ◽  
Polish Question ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Great War

In the article searching the main trends in relations between the United States and Poland during 1918-1921. The reasons of the interest in the Polish question by the US ruling circles during the Great War are considering. The author analyzes the motives that prompted Poland to focused in its foreign policy on the US. Explored specific measures taken by Poland to achieved its goals in relations with the United States. In particular, in such issues as financial assistance and increase the number of Poland armed forces. The author identified the factors that caused the deterioration of relations between the two countries.

scholarly journals The Perception of Yugoslav-Bulgarian Relations in the Daily “Politika” in the Context of the Pan-Balkan Entente Concept in the First Part of the 1930s.

2017 ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Paweł Michalak
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Great War ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Great War

The Perception of Yugoslav-Bulgarian Relations in the Daily “Politika” in the Context of the Pan-Balkan Entente Concept in the First Part of the 1930s.The Yugoslav-Bulgarian rapprochement, initiated by the king Aleksandar I Karadjordjević in the early 30s of the twentieth century, with an idea of inclusion of Bulgaria to the planned Balkan Pact was one of the biggest reorientation in the Yugoslav policy at the turn of 20s and 30s. Since the end of the Great War, the eastern neighbour of Yugoslavia was treated rather as one of the greatest threats to the postwar order in the Balkans. This reorientation, resulting primarily from the geopolitical situation in Europe required propaganda action of warming the image of Bulgaria in the eyes of the Yugoslav society. This would not be possible without the support of the press, which in the first half of twentieth century, was still the most popular and definitely most accessible medium of information, which could significantly affected on the perception of current political events by the public opinion. The aim of the author was to present changes in the way of presenting the Yugoslav-Bulgarian relations in the daily Politika, the biggest and most read newspaper in the interwar Yugoslavia, in the context of political activities of king Aleksandar I towards the creation of the so-called Balkan Entente. Postrzeganie stosunków jugosłowiańsko-bułgarskich na łamach dziennika „Politika” w kontekście idei tzw. Ententy Bałkańskiej w pierwszej połowie lat 30. XX wiekuZbliżenie jugosłowiańsko-bułgarskie zainicjowane przez króla Aleksandra I Karađorđevicia w latach 30. XX w. z myślą o włączeniu Bułgarii do planowanego tzw. Paktu Bałkańskiego było jedną z najpoważniejszych reorientacji w jugosłowiańskiej polityce zagranicznej przełomu lat 20. i 30. XX w. Od zakończenia I wojny światowej wschodni sąsiad Jugosławii traktowany był raczej jako jedno z największych zagrożeń dla powojennego ładu na Bałkanach. Wspomniana reorientacja, wynikająca przede wszystkim z sytuacji geopolitycznej w ówczesnej Europie, wymagała ocieplenia wizerunku Bułgarów w oczach jugosłowiańskiego społeczeństwa. Zadanie to byłoby niemożliwe do realizacji bez wsparcia prasy, która w pierwszej połowie ubiegłego stulecia była nadal najbardziej popularnym i zdecydowanie najłatwiej dostępnym źródłem informacji mogącym realnie wpływać na odbiór bieżących wypadków politycznych przez opinię publiczną. Celem autora było przedstawienie zmiany sposobu prezentowania stosunków jugosłowiańsko-bułgarskich na łamach dziennika „Politika”, największego i najbardziej poczytnego czasopisma międzywojennej Jugosławii, w kontekście działań politycznych zmierzających do utworzenia tzw. Ententy Bałkańskiej.

Aliadófilos, germanófilos y neutralistas

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-244
Author(s):  
Adriana Ortega Orozco ◽  
Romain Robinet
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Great War ◽  
World War ◽  
The Press ◽  
Legislative Branch ◽  
The Great War

En plena vorágine revolucionaria, México fue el escenario de animados debates de opinión que se centraban en las implicaciones directas que la Primera Guerra Mundial pudiera tener sobre los derroteros de la nación. Si bien su estudio ha sido en gran parte ignorado, su análisis es crucial para la comprensión del pensamiento mexicano durante y después del conflicto. Tras un balance historiográfico, este trabajo define el escenario de dichos debates de opinión, identifica su punto más álgido durante el año 1917 y analiza su evolución en tres de sus principales foros: la prensa, el Poder Legislativo y las asambleas estudiantiles. While in the thick of a revolutionary maelstrom, Mexico was the setting for animated debates centered on the direct implications that World War I might have on the nation’s future. Although its study has been largely ignored, analysis of the Great War is crucial for understanding Mexican thought during and after the conflict. In addition to offering a historiographical assessment, this work elaborates the scenes of said debates, identifies their most decisive moment during the year 1917, and analyzes their evolution in three of their principle forums: the press, the Legislative Branch, and student assemblies.

Postlude: Not an End

2019 ◽  
pp. 241-244
Author(s):  
William Brooks ◽  
Christina Bashford ◽  
Gayle Magee
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
Great War ◽  
World War ◽  
Adolf Hitler ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Run Up ◽  
The Great War

The Great War—the “war to end all wars”—ended nothing. In fact, the social and political consequences of the war, as well as the musical ones, continue to resonate even today. After a fifteen-year hiatus, during which the great powers nursed their wounds and grudges, the run-up to the continuation started: Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. And after World War II, there was Korea … and Algeria … and Vietnam … and Iraq …...

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