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      AS THE CENTENARY APPROACHES: THE REGENERATION OF FIRST WORLD WAR HISTORIOGRAPHY

      The Historical Journal
      Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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          This historiographical review explores the impact of new interdisciplinary, comparative, and cultural approaches to studying the First World War upon the historiography, as the centenary of the conflict approaches in 2014. It assesses to what extent these approaches have led to new consensus regarding five key established historiographical questions: why did war break out; why did the Allies win; were the generals to blame for the high casualty rates; how did men endure trench warfare; and to what extent did civilian society accept and endorse the war effort? It also examines how these historiographical approaches have led to the emergence of new themes – in particular, military occupation, radicalization, race, and the wartime body – in the war's historiography. Ultimately, it concludes that how the war is understood has undergone radical revision since the 1990s as a result of these changes.

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                Journal
                The Historical Journal
                Hist. J.
                Cambridge University Press (CUP)
                0018-246X
                1469-5103
                September 2013
                August 05 2013
                September 2013
                : 56
                : 3
                : 857-878
                Article
                10.1017/S0018246X13000216
                b5bd0911-02f8-4d60-aa8e-5349ef1483c9
                © 2013

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