The Great War and Veterans' Internationalism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: The Great War and Veterans’ Internationalism

   1. Introduction: The Great War and Veterans’ Internationalism

      • Julia Eichenberg, John Paul Newman

      Pages 1-15

3. Cultures of Victory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. René Cassin and the Victory of French Citizen-Soldiers

      • Antoine Prost

      Pages 19-31

   3. ‘The Legion that Sailed but Never Went’: The British Legion and the Munich Crisis of 1938

      • Niall Barr

      Pages 32-52

   4. Well-Armed Internationalism: American Veteran Organizations and the Crafting of an ‘Associated’ Veterans’ Internationalism 1919–1939

      • Stephen R. Ortiz

      Pages 53-74

4. Aspirational Allies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. Polish Eagles and Peace Doves: Polish Veterans between Nationalism and Internationalism

      • Julia Eichenberg

      Pages 77-96

   3. Allied Yugoslavia: Serbian Great War Veterans and their Internationalist Ties

      • John Paul Newman

      Pages 97-117

   4. Social Benefits and the Rhetoric of Peace in Czechoslovak Veteran Organizations

      • Natali Stegmann

      Pages 118-135

5. The Revionist Challenge

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. German Veterans’ Associations and the Culture of Peace: The Case of the Reichsbanner

      • William Mulligan

      Pages 139-161

   3. The Italian Associazione Nazionale Mutilati e Invalidi di Guerra and Its International Liaisons in the Post Great War Era

      • Martina Salvante

      Pages 162-183

6. The International Dimension

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185

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   2. International Veterans’ Organizations and the Promotion of Disarmament Between the Two World Wars

      • Thomas Richard Davies

      Pages 187-206

   3. Beyond Cultures of Victory and Cultures of Defeat? Inter-War Veterans’ Internationalism

      • John Horne

      Pages 207-222

7. Back Matter

   Pages 223-233

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After the Great War, Veterans were a new transnational mass phenomenon. This volume uses case studies to discuss the extent and impact of international veterans' organisations and draws out important comparative points between well-researched and documented movements and those that are less well-known.

• America
• bibliography
• Case Studies
• comparative
• culture
• French
• German
• Italy
• mass
• Munich
• organization
• peace
• Polis
• rhetoric
• Yugoslavia

"A remarkable contribution to the transnational history of modern Europe. With this collection of innovative essays, Eichenberg and Newman challenge conventional understandings of the roles of veterans and successfully reframe the historiography of the inter-war period. Essential reading as the Centenary of the Great War now looms large." - Professor Pierre Purseigle, University of Warwick, UK

"This collection of essays is a fine contribution to the trans-national turn in the history of the Great War and its aftermath. Here is a vivid portrait of the solidarities and achievements of men and women who created a world-wide network through which ex-soldiers acted to defend their rights, their families, and their commitment to peace. Essential reading for any student of twentieth-century history." - Professor Jay Winter, Yale University, USA

• Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany

  Julia Eichenberg

• National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland

  John Paul Newman

Dr Niall Barr, Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK Dr Tom Davies, City University London, UK Prof John Horne, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Dr William Mulligan, University College Dublin, Ireland Dr Stephen Ortiz, Binghampton University, US Prof Antoine Prost, Sorbonne University, France Dr Martina Salvante, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Dr Natali Stegmann, University of Regensburg, Germany