Captivity of the Great War on the Eastern Front: Traditions of «Belle Epoque» and Tendencies of «Total War»

Taking the example of the prisoners of war during the First World War, the article analyses the continuity and the discontinuity in the process of the «totalization of acts of war» around which discussions among Western military historians are not likely to calm down any time soon. The simultaneity...

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Main Author: O S Nagornaja
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2011-03-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Russian History
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/3943
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description Taking the example of the prisoners of war during the First World War, the article analyses the continuity and the discontinuity in the process of the «totalization of acts of war» around which discussions among Western military historians are not likely to calm down any time soon. The simultaneity and the linkage of new tendencies and traditional structures are examined in the example of some important aspects of the German system of captivity: international law, national propaganda, maintenance of officers and soldiers in the camps to which up to now not enough attention has been paid.
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Captivity of the Great War on the Eastern Front: Traditions of «Belle Epoque» and Tendencies of «Total War»
RUDN Journal of Russian History
«тотальная война»
военный плен
Первая мировая война
title Captivity of the Great War on the Eastern Front: Traditions of «Belle Epoque» and Tendencies of «Total War»
title_full Captivity of the Great War on the Eastern Front: Traditions of «Belle Epoque» and Tendencies of «Total War»
title_fullStr Captivity of the Great War on the Eastern Front: Traditions of «Belle Epoque» and Tendencies of «Total War»
title_full_unstemmed Captivity of the Great War on the Eastern Front: Traditions of «Belle Epoque» and Tendencies of «Total War»
title_short Captivity of the Great War on the Eastern Front: Traditions of «Belle Epoque» and Tendencies of «Total War»
title_sort captivity of the great war on the eastern front traditions of belle epoque and tendencies of total war
topic «тотальная война»
военный плен
Первая мировая война
url http://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/3943
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