Format:
1 online resource (816 pages)
ISBN:
9789461660398
Series Statement:
History Ser v.12
Content:
Rehearsals is the first book to provide a detailed narrative history of the German invasion of Belgium in August 1914 as it affected civilians. Based on extensive eyewitness testimony, the book chronicles events in and around the towns of Liège, Aarschot, Andenne, Tamines, Dinant, and Leuven, where the worst of the German depredations occurred. Without any legitimate pretext, German soldiers killed nearly 6,000 non-combatants, including women and children, and burned some 25,000 homes and other buildings.For more the seventy-five years, however, charges against the German Army about the killing, raping, looting, and arson have been dismissed in Germany, the U.K., and U.S. as mere atrocity propaganda. Recently, the case has been made that the violence, which cresendoed between august 19th and 26th , was the result of an spontaneous outbreak of German paranoia about francs-tireurs (civilian sharpshooters). Rehearsals provides much evidence that the executions were in fact part of a deliberate campaign of terrorism ordered by military authorisaties.
Content:
Intro -- REHEARSALS -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Map -- Prologue -- CHAPTER 1. An ultimatum -- CHAPTER 2. Liège -- CHAPTER 3. Aarschot -- CHAPTER 4. Andenne -- CHAPTER 5. Tamines -- CHAPTER 6. Dinant: Introduction, Leffe -- CHAPTER 7. Dinant: St. Jacques, St. Nicolas -- CHAPTER 8. Dinant: Les Rivages, Neffe -- CHAPTER 9. Leuven: Preliminaries -- CHAPTER 10. Leuven: Fire and Sword -- CHAPTER 11. Leuven: Exodus -- CHAPTER 12. Leuven: Aftermath -- CHAPTER 13. Explanations -- CHAPTER 14. Denials: Germany -- CHAPTER 15. Denials: Britain and America -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX: The Report of the British Committee on Alleged German Outrages (RBC) -- Endnotes -- PROLOGUE -- chapter 1: An ultimatum -- chapter 2 : Liège -- chapter 3: Aarschot -- chapter 4: Andenne -- chapter 5: Tamines -- chapter 6: Dinant Introduction, Leffe -- chapter 7: Dinant St. Jacques, St. Nicolas -- chapter 8: Dinant Les rivages, Neffe -- chapter 9: Leuven Preliminaries -- chapter 10: Leuven Fire and Sword -- chapter 11: Leuven Exodus -- chapter 12: Leuven Aftermath -- chapter 13: Explanations -- chapter 14: Denials Germany -- chapter 15: Denials Britain and America -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX: The Report of the British Committee on Alleged German Outrages (RBC) -- Bibliography -- Archives -- Official Reports and Papers -- Newspapers and Journals -- Books and Pamphlets (Primary) -- Books (Secondary - Selected) -- Articles -- Illustration Credits -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789058675965
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789058675965
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1763001
