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August 1914
France, the Great War, and a Month that Changed the World Forever
Bruno Cabanes, Stephanie O'Hara
- 256 pages
- English
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August 1914
France, the Great War, and a Month that Changed the World Forever
Bruno Cabanes, Stephanie O'Hara
About This Book
A renowned military historian closely examines the first month of World War I in France.
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 aloneâthe 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.
"An exceptional book, a brilliant, moving, and insightful analysis of national mobilization." âMartha Hanna, author of Your Death Would Be Mine: Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War
"This book deserves a wide readership from historians, critics and anyone interested in the catastrophe of war." âMary Louise Roberts, Distinguished Lucie Aubrac and Plaenert-Bascom Professor of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"The sounds, sights and emotions of August, 1914 are all evoked with exceptional skill." âDavid A. Bell, author of The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Translatorâs Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Map of the Western Front, August 1914
- One. War Breaks Out
- Two. Visions of War, Dreams of Peace
- Three. Farewell Ceremonies
- Four. Trial by Fire
- Five. The Shadow of Defeat
- Six. The Enemy Within
- Seven. Fears and Rumors
- Eight. The Sounds of War
- Epilogue: Beyond August 1914
- Timeline
- Notes
- Index