04-First World War Germany

LECTURE 04 A WWI and Remarque Intro

LECTURE 04 B WWI and Remarque 

  • Lecture 04 B Listening Guide [To be added.]
LECTURE 04 C WWI and Remarque 

  • Lecture 04 C Listening Guide [To be added.]
BACKGROUND SURVEY MATERIALS


REQUIRED BACKGROUND THEMATIC MATERIALS
  • Eksteins, Rite  Modris Eksteins, Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age (NY: Doubleday, 1989), pp. 64-94, 155-169, 275-299.
  • Mosse, Fallen Soldiers, 1 + 8  George L. Mosse, Fallen Soldiers: Reshaping the Memory of the World Wars (NY & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990)
REQUIRED PRIMARY READING 
MAIN THEMES FOR CONSIDERATION
  • War Enthusiasm/Volunteerism
  • Value of Front Experience
  • Camaraderie
  • Leadership Principle
  • Militarization of Society/Culture
  • Impact of Technological Warfare
  • Mass Death
  • Brutalization of Culture/Society
  • Dehumanization of Individual
  • Front vs. Command and Home
  • Lost Generation

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