The First World War and German National Identity

The Dual Alliance at War
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-107-03167-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 47, 458 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 771 g

Reihe: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare

An innovative study of the coalition between Imperial Germany and Austria-Hungary during the First World War. Jan Vermeiren pays particular attention to the cultural and social dimension of the special relationship between Berlin and Vienna and investigates the impact of the wartime alliance on German national identity. Focusing on the attitudes taken by governmental circles, politically active groups, and the broader public towards their 'fellow' Germans in the Habsburg Monarchy, Vermeiren provides a reassessment of German war ideology and nationalism and also presents many new insights into German-Slav and German-Hungarian relations in the period. Based on an impressive array of primary sources, the book is a valuable addition to the field of international history and will appeal to scholars of German and Central European history, historians of the First World War, and readers with an interest in the complex relationship between war and society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vermeiren, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The concept of the German nation, 1871-1914; 2. The Dual Alliance and the outbreak of war; 3. The idea of Austria-Hungary; 4. German historiography and the comradeship-in-arms; 5. Mitteleuropa and the war aims debate; 6. The Hungarian alliance partner; 7. The Polish problem; 8. The nationality question in Austria; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Vermeiren, Jan
Dr Jan Vermeiren is a Lecturer in Modern German History at the University of East Anglia. He studied Modern History, Politics, and German Literature at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the Free University of Berlin, and University College London (UCL). He completed a PhD at the UCL Centre for European Studies and has held various awards, including a Marie Curie Doctoral Fellowship and scholarships from the DAAD and the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. Vermeiren's research covers a number of areas in German and Central European history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is particularly interested in German nationalism and geopolitical thought, the late Habsburg Monarchy, the First World War, and questions of European integration. He has published in three languages and given papers in Britain, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, and France. Vermeiren is on the editorial board of the academic journal History and has peer-reviewed manuscripts for Nations and Nationalism, Austrian Studies, Routledge, and Palgrave Macmillan. He is a co-founder and coordinator of the international Research Network on the History of the Idea of Europe.