What are good books on life and combat in northern France during the last year of WWI?
I am doing research for a creative writing project. It requires (or would be sincerely aided by) a good depth of knowledge on the time and surroundings of WWI combat in northern France, specifically during the last year of the war (1918). Things I am interested in: Day to day life in the trenches when [...]
A La Recherche D’Une Guerre Gagnee: The Ligue Des Droits De L’Homme and the War Guilt Question (1918-1922)
Initially conceived as an organization dedicated to the defence of human rights on an individual scale, during the Great War the Ligue des droits de l’homme took the avowedly political position of supporting the Union sacrée. The bona fides of France’s crusade against Germany was vigorously contested by a minority within the Ligue, however, which [...]
Tradition and Adaptation: The Social Universe of the French Foreign Ministry in the Era of the First World War
Attempts to ‘republicanize’ and ‘democratize’ the Quai d’Orsay before 1900 had limited impact on the practices and predispositions of the foreign ministry personnel. More important was the ministry’s response to changes in the international sphere in the late nineteenth century and again after the First World War. The explosion of international trade and introduction of [...]