An edition of German atrocities, 1914
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German atrocities, 1914
a history of denial
by John N. Horne
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German atrocities, 1914: a history of denial
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Part I Invasion, 1914
Chapter 1 German invasion, part 1
[1] The shock of Liege
[2] The First and Second Armies to the French frontier
[3] The destruction of Louvain
[4] The Third Army and Dinant
Chapter 2 German invasion, part 2
[1] The battle of the Ardennes
[2] The Germans in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
[3] To the Marne and back: September-October 1914
[4] The pattern of German military violence towards civilians
[5] Comparisons
Part II War of illusions? 'Francs-tireurs' and
'German atrocities', 1914
Chapter 3 The German army and the myth of the
francs-tireurs, 1914
[1] Concepts and precedents
[2] The myth-complex of the 'franc-tireur war'
[3] The military situation and the franc-tireur fear
[4] The internal dynamic of the franc-tireur fear
Chapter 4 Memories, mentalities, and the German
response to the 'franc-tireur war'
[1] Memories of 1870 and the laws of war
[2] German nationalism: externalizing the enemy within
[3] The German way of war? Responding to the
'franc-tireur war'
Chapter 5 Allied opinion and German atrocities',
August-October 1914
[1] Refugees, soldiers, and the Allied invasion 'lear' of 1914
[2] Allied narratives of victimhood
[3] Rape, mutilation, and severed hands
[4] Representing 'German atrocities': the role ol' the press
[5] Memories, mentalities, and the cotlstrllicl.ioi ol'(ierlnan
atrocities'
Part III War of words, 1914-1918: German
atrocities and the meanings of war
Chapter 6 The battle of officia reports and the tribunal
of world opinion
[1] The battle of official reports: the Allied ch.argcs
[2] German counter-attack: the 'White Book'
[3] The Belgian riposte: the 'Grey Ilook' a(l li'ernall van
Langenhove
[4] Neutral witness and the tribunal ol' world opinion
Chapter 7 Communities of truth and the atrocities'
question
[1] Socialists
[2] Catholics
[3] Intellectuals
Chapter 8 Wartime culture and enemy atrocities
[1] War cultures and the unreconcilable ellemly
[2] War cultures and national martyrdom
[3] Sustaining the meaning of 1914
Part IV The impossible consensus: German
atrocities and memories of war from
1919
Chapter 9 The moral reckoning: Versailles and the war
crimes trials
[1] Versailles
[2] The Leipzig war crimes trials, 1921
[3] War cultures after the war
Chapter 10 German atrocities and the politics of memory
[1] The pacifist turn: German atrocities as Allied propaganda
[2] Locarno and the politics of memory
[3] The Second World War and after
Conclusion and perspectives
Appendices
[1] German atrocities in 1914: incidents with ten or more
civilians killed
[2] Hague Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs
of War on Land (1907)
[3] The Treaty of Versailles, Articles 227-230
[4] Allied demands for the extradition of enemy war
criminals, 1920.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [565]-595) and index.
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