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Introduction: Understanding the Great War
I. VIOLENCE: BBattle, combat, violence: a necessary history
Civilians: atrocities and occupation
The camp phenomenon: the internment of civilians and military prisoners
II. CRUSADE: The beginnings of war
Civilisation, barbarism and war fervour
Great expectations, eschatology, demobilisation
III. MOURNING: Historicising grief
Collective mourning
Personal bereavement
Conclusion: 'You didn't see anything in the 1920s and 1930'.
I. VIOLENCE: BBattle, combat, violence: a necessary history
Civilians: atrocities and occupation
The camp phenomenon: the internment of civilians and military prisoners
II. CRUSADE: The beginnings of war
Civilisation, barbarism and war fervour
Great expectations, eschatology, demobilisation
III. MOURNING: Historicising grief
Collective mourning
Personal bereavement
Conclusion: 'You didn't see anything in the 1920s and 1930'.