Positioned at the crossroads of global and military history, this volume makes a major contribution to the cultural and social history of war and its aftermath. Cabanes and Givens bring together a team of leading experts to offer an interlaced history of the two world wars, covering time periods, topics and spaces traditionally treated in isolation. They examine how these armed conflicts engendered new confrontations and encounters; forged and severed transnational networks and pathways; propelled people, ideas, knowledge, and practices across and within political boundaries; and triggered complex and contested memory-making. By rethinking the relationship between military and global history, the authors encourage readers to consider the broader impact of war on twentieth century history, from international law and humanitarianism, to race and the environment. This ambitious reframing showcases the most innovative efforts to globalize the history of the world wars and provides fertile ground for future research.
Editorial Reviews
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‘This book offers fresh insights into the many-layered entanglements and hidden connections of world war. It also shows how truly global they were, transforming lives and memories around the planet. These essays expand the meanings of world war and together create a model of a common history of a violently fractured world.’ Jeremy Adelman, author of Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman
‘Building on recent efforts to rethink the histories of the world wars, this timely volume brings together a stellar group of historians to challenge received frameworks and offer us a glimpse of what a truly global history of the era of world wars might look like.’ Erez Manela, author of The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism
‘It is now impossible to discuss either World War in geographical isolation. This timely volume explores the ways in which both wars can be refigured as global events, with ramifications and connections well beyond the battlefield and national war efforts. All historians of the wars now have the opportunity to rethink conventional methodologies and traditional national narratives.’ Richard Overy, author of Blood and Ruins
Book Description
In this innovative volume, leading military and global historians come together to rethink the history of the two world wars.
About the Author
Bruno Cabanes has held the Donald G. and Mary A. Dunn Chair in Modern Military History at The Ohio State University since 2014. He is the author of The Great War and the Origins of Humanitarianism (2014), and was awarded the Paul Birdsall Prize in 2016.
Cameron Givens is a postdoctoral fellow at Southern Methodist University.
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