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Author: Professor Alon Rachamimov
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Berg Publishers
Volume: v. 12
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.322kg
ISBN: 9781859735787
ISBN 10: 1859735789
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 July 2002
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'Based on several years of research in Austrian, German, and Russian archives, this book brilliantly analyzes the problems, suffering and occasional joys of millions of Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Czechs, Poles, and other nationalities whom World War I thrust as prisoners of war into Siberia. Alon Rachamimov shows, contrary to earlier historians, that the ethnic hatreds that characterized East Central Europe in the interwar period did not originate from the POW camps; rather, the prisoners got along better wiih one another than the tsarist authoritites would have liked.' Istvan Deak, Columbia University 'Covers new ground and has very suggestive things to say about the way prisoners of war become forgotton people in the narratives constructed after the war by soldiers themeselves. It is also valuable in adding to the as yet thin literature on the war on the Eastern Front, and to an understanding of the cultural life of prisoners' Jay Winter, Columbia University 'This deep and poignant book ... brings together two forgotten aspects of the Great War, the Eastern front and the prisoners of war. It brings back these so called 'peripheric' or marginal topics to the center of the war culture and helps our understanding how their oblivion during the twenties and thirties was part of an abrasion of the most awful realities of First World War.' Annette Becker, University Paris-X/Nanterre, author of Oublies de la Grande Guerre, populations occupees, deportes civils, prisonniers de guerre, Noesis, 1998 'Rachmamimov not only presents the details of the POW experience. He also analyzes the effects of prolonged captivity on individual identity, and on attitudes towards the state that in a sense failed the soldier by allowing his captivity. POWs and the Great War is a major historical and intellectual contribution to the study of military captivity in the 20th century.' Dennis Showalter, Colorado College and Past President of the Society for Military History 'The history of captivity on the Eastern Front remains largely unwritten. In his book POWs and the Great War, Alon Rachamimov addresses this gap in the histiography of the First World War. In the process he undermines a large number of myths regarding the war and its consequences ... Rachamimov puts forward a well-researched and well-argued case ... There is little to criticize in this original and interesting work.' SEER 'The study is based on previously unused or unreleased material in the Austrian and Russian state archives, supported by a thorough knowledge or relevant secondary literature in well over half a dozen languages ... This is an extraordinarily rich book, with a vast amount packed into a comparatively slim volume ... The fact that Rachamimov has interesting points to make on a range of issues is testimony both to his historical skill and to his willingness to challenge received ideas ... this is an extremely important, thought-provoking work, and it is little wonder that it sports a couple of 'medals' of its own, having been the joint winner in 2001 of the Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History, and winner of the Talmon prize awarded by the Israeli Academy of Sciences.' European History Quarterly 'This is a powerful and persuasive book; it displays an intimate knowledge of the operation of East End society, the characteristics of the crowd in the unemployment disturbances in the West End of London in 1886, and many other factors.' Keith Laybourn, History: The Journal of the Historical Association
'Based on several years of research in Austrian, German, and Russian archives, this book brilliantly analyzes the problems, suffering and occasional joys of millions of Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Czechs, Poles, and other nationalities whom World War I thrust as prisoners of war into Siberia. Alon Rachamimov shows, contrary to earlier historians, that the ethnic hatreds that characterized East Central Europe in the interwar period did not originate from the POW camps; rather, the prisoners got along better wiih one another than the tsarist authoritites would have liked.' Istvan Deak, Columbia University 'Covers new ground and has very suggestive things to say about the way prisoners of war become forgotton people in the narratives constructed after the war by soldiers themeselves. It is also valuable in adding to the as yet thin literature on the war on the Eastern Front, and to an understanding of the cultural life of prisoners' Jay Winter, Columbia University 'This deep an
'Based on several years of research in Austrian, German, and Russian archives, this book brilliantly analyzes the problems, suffering and occasional joys of millions of Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Czechs, Poles, and other nationalities whom World War I thrust as prisoners of war into Siberia. Alon Rachamimov shows, contrary to earlier historians, that the ethnic hatreds that characterized East Central Europe in the interwar period did not originate from the POW camps; rather, the prisoners got along better wiih one another than the tsarist authoritites would have liked.'Istvan Deak, Columbia University'Covers new ground and has very suggestive things to say about the way prisoners of war become forgotton people in the narratives constructed after the war by soldiers themeselves. It is also valuable in adding to the as yet thin literature on the war on the Eastern Front, and to an understanding of the cultural life of prisoners'Jay Winter, Columbia University'This deep an
Based on several years of research in Austrian, German, and Russian archives, this book brilliantly analyzes the problems, suffering and occasional joys of millions of Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Czechs, Poles, and other nationalities whom World War I thrust as prisoners of war into Siberia. Alon Rachamimov shows, contrary to earlier historians, that the ethnic hatreds that characterized East Central Europe in the interwar period did not originate from the POW camps; rather, the prisoners got along better with one another than the tsarist authorities would have liked. -- Istvan Deak, Columbia University, USA Covers new ground and has very suggestive things to say about the way prisoners of war become forgotten people in the narratives constructed after the war by soldiers themselves. It is also valuable in adding to the as yet thin literature on the war on the Eastern Front, and to an understanding of the cultural life of prisoners. -- Jay Winter, Columbia University
Author Information
Alon Rachamimov Lecturer in Modern European History,Tel Aviv University, Israel.
