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Index
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
List of Plates
Introduction
I. Interpretations of the Front-line Experience
II. The German Army During the War
III. Principles of this Edition
Prologue
‘Just a small detail’
A Question
Chapter 1: The War Begins
Germany – A Madhouse
Enthusiasm?
Becoming a Man
War Volunteers
‘Shame’
Unfit For Service
First Disappointments
‘If We Had an Armistice Now’
Chapter 2: The Realities of War
After a Long Time of Peace
New at the Front
The War of Position Begins
Early Crises and Insights
After Two and a Half Months of War
Everyday Worries
Perceptions and Images of the Enemies
Prussia and the Other German States
Injuries, Death and Killing
Methods of Warfare and Impact of Arms
Emotional Casualties and their ‘Treatment’
Religion and War
Mail from the Heimat
Chapter 3: Grievances
‘The Yoke of War’
Imposing Discipline
Marginal Misconduct
Tied Up
Superiors
Blood Sacrifices
‘Hindenburg’s Thanks’
‘Scribbles’
Hunger
If You Go on Furlough
Leave from War?
In the Rear Area
Complaints and Censorship
Anonymous Letters
Chapter 4: Refusal and Disobedience
Injured Soldiers Going Back Home
Self-Mutilation
Fraternization
Against the War Loans
‘Shirkers’
Peace for Days and Weeks
An Opinion Poll
Prisoner of War
‘Riots’
Measures
War? Without Me!
Chapter 5: The End
Towards the End
Rural Homesickness
Discipline and Politics
Reports – From the Bottom Up
The 1918 January Strike
Last Hopes – Last Offensives
‘Victory Frenzy’
‘Hangover’
‘Sucked Dry’
‘Peace at Any Price’
Radicalization
Epilogue
A Plea
Glossary
List of Abbreviations
Notes to Introduction
Document Sources
Further Reading
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