Finding Common Ground

Jennifer D. Keene, Ph.D. (1991) in History, Carnegie-Mellon University, is Chair and Professor of History at Chapman University. She has published extensively on the American involvement in World War I including Doughboys and the Remaking of America (Johns Hopkins, 2001).Michael S. Neiberg, Ph.D. (1996 ) in History, Carnegie-Mellon University, is Professor of History at University of Southern Mississippi. He has wide-ranging publications on World War I, most notably Fighting the Great War: A Global History (Harvard, 2005)

• PrefaceJeffrey Grey ... ixIntroduction: Who Owns the Battlefield?Jennifer D. Keene and Michael S. Neiberg ....xiList of Contributors .... xviiPart One: Setting the Stage1. Why Are We Still Interested in This Old War?Roger Chickering.. 3Part Two: Soldiers and Sailors2. Black-hearted Traitors, Crucified Martyrs, and the Leaning Virgin: The Role of Rumor and the Great War Canadian SoldierTim Cook.. 213. “Their Lordships Regret That…”: Admiralty Perceptions of and Responses to Allegations of Lower Deck DisquietLaura Rowe.. 434. Imperialism, Nationalism and the First World War in IndiaSantanu Das... 675. Letters from Captivity: The First World War Correspondence of the German Prisoners of War in the United KingdomBrian K. Feltman... 87Part Three: Civilians under Occupation6. Schools, State-Building, and National Conflict in German-Occupied Poland, 1915-1918Jesse Kauffman... 1137. Humanitarian Relief in Europe and the Analogue of War, 1914-1918Branden Little... 139Part Four: Re-Thinking the Battles8. Railroads and the Operational Level of War in the German 1918 Offensives David T. Zabecki... 1619. Liaisons not so Dangerous: First World War Liaison Officers and Marshal Ferdinand FochElizabeth Greenhalgh.. 18710. The Junior Partner: Anglo-American Military Cooperation in World War IMark E. Grotelueschen.. 209Part Five: Demobilization11. “The Crusade of Youth.”: Pacifism and the Militarization of Youth Culture in Marc Sangnier’s Peace Congresses, 1923-32Gearoid Barry... 23912. Militarizing the Disabled: Medicine, Industry, and “Total Mobilization” in World War I GermanyHeather R. Perry... 26713. “Suspicious Pacifists”: The Dilemma of Polish Veterans Fighting War during the 1920s and 1930sJulia Eichenberg... 293Bibliography.. 313Index... 331