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Author:   Andrea Giuntini (Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy) ,  Henry Jacolin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.600kg
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9781032720685

ISBN 10:   1032720689
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   26 March 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part 1: On the Fronts 1. The Role of the Railways in the German Army’s Operations on the Eastern Front (September to November 1914) 2. Reassessing the Means of Transport Behind the Habsburg Frontlines: From Arteries to an Infrastructural Network of Transport Lines 3. Trains on the Balkan and Eastern Fronts: Front Lines in Hungary During the Great War Between 1914 and 1916 4. The Military Railways of the Salonika Front Part 2: Beyond Europe: Global Railway War 5. Railway Defensive Measures in Egypt in World War I 6. The Grand Trunk Canadian’s US Rail-Sea Transportation Hub During World War I Part 3: In the Trains 7. The Role of the Officers of the Hungarian Royal State Railways (MÁV) Between 1914 and 1920 8. The Burden on the Railways and the Repatriation of the Dead During the Great War: The Experience of the Russian Empire 9. A Perspective of the Romanian Railways in the Commemorative Literature of the First World War: The Disaster of Ciurea, 13 January 1917 10. Railways and the Everyday Life of Prisoners of War in the Russian Empire During the First World War Part 4: After the War 11. The Superintendent for the Return of Railway Materials 12. Railway Changes and Its Effects Along the Austrian-Hungarian Border After WWI 13. Getting Czechoslovakia on Track: Gaining Control of the Railways in the Border Regions of the Czech Lands After Independence in 1918 14. The Reconstruction of the Steam Engine Terminals in Northern France After the First World War Part 5: Aftermath: A Long Run View 15. In the Wake of the First World War, a New Framework for Railway Unification in Europe: From a German-Led Central European Railway Association to the Foundation of the Union International des Chemins de Fer (UIC) Under French Umbrella

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Andrea Giuntini teaches Economic History at the Marco Biagi Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy). His publications include La Grande Guerra e le ferrovie in Italia (2017). He is the President of the International Railway History Association. Henry Jacolin has served as a French diplomat throughout the world and was ambassador in Bosnia- Hercegovina between 1993 and 1995 during the war. His publications include L’ambassadeur et le siège: Sarajevo 1993– 95 (2018) and many journal articles about railways in Eastern Europe. He was the President of the International Railway History Association from 2008 to 2019.

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