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"The Great War in history: debates and controversies, 1914 to the present" is a comprehensive book by Jay Winter and Antoine Prost that explores the various interpretations and understandings of the First World War. The authors acknowledge the challenge of navigating the vast amount of literature on the subject and aim to provide a broad survey that includes perspectives from historians, literary scholars, sociologists, journalists, and amateurs. The book also discusses the impact of digital technology on accessing historical content and highlights three main developments in recent Great War research: new formulations on the outbreak of war, a globalization of the war's history, and a broader understanding of its end. While the book offers a good introduction to the topic, some critics argue that it overlooks certain aspects, such as the battles and armies of the Eastern Front. Overall, it serves as a reliable guide for non-experts looking to explore different aspects of the First World War. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Shadows of War: A Social History of Silence in the Twentieth Century," edited by Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Ruth Ginio and Jay Winter.

The article reviews the book "The Legacy of the Great War: Ninety Years On," edited by Jay Winter.

The article reviews the book "Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919. Vol. 2: A Cultural History," edited by Jay Winter and Jean-Louis Robert.

The article reviews the book "Remembering War: The Great War and Historical Memory in the Twentieth Century," By Jay Winter.

The article reviews the book "Dreams of Peace and Freedom: Utopian Moments in the 20th Century," by Jay Winter.

Reviews the book "America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915," edited by Jay Winter.

The I Dunera i occupies an important place in Australian cultural memory, but the collective knowledge of who "the I Dunera i boys" were, and what their experience of Australia was like, is very simplistic. To that end, they explain, less than half of the men on the I Dunera i chose to stay in Australia after the war and Carol Bunyan, one of the authors of this study, has undertaken new research to try to get to a more exact and accurate figure than has previously existed. This is an epic text: spanning 550 pages, the authors have gifted our historiography with a thorough and vital depiction of the lives of the denizens of the I Dunera i . [Extracted from the article]

A review of the book "Shadows of War: A Social History of Silence in the 20th Century," edited by Efrat Ben-Ze'ev, Ruth Ginio, and Jay Winter is presented.

In I War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century i (Cambridge University Press, 1999), Jay Winter and Emmanuel Sivan suggest that collective memories of conflict have a "shelf-life" (p. 16), a point at which war memories will fade from view. If Americans weren't feeling conflicted about the war along such lines, then they were likely to be apathetic about the matter and unmotivated to enshrine the war in public memory. [Extracted from the article]

This massive study has been produced under the editorship of Professor Jay Winter of Yale University and the Editorial Committee of the International Research Centre of the Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne, Somme. It attempts a new interpretation of the First World War, based on its transnational and global impact. Some 43 contributions by a 'transnational' group of scholars provide a detailed and convincing account of the war, going well beyond more orthodox treatments which emphasize the strategy and tactics involved. In the first volume, Global war, Winter and his colleagues examine, for example, the spread of the conflict to distant continents, together with a discussion of the law of war, atrocities and genocide. Volume II covers the changing nature of the state as the war progressed, the role of armed forces, the sinews of war and the search for peace. Volume III analyses the war's impact on civil society in all its various guises during the conflict; hence we are offered scholarly treatment of, for example, private life, gender and cultural life. This bald summary does scant justice to a magisterial work, an essential resource for those -at schools and universities-who teach the history of the First World War and its impact on domestic and global developments. Of particular interest is the fine reproduction of photos and paintings and the annotated and detailed bibliographies attached to each volume. Winter and his colleagues deserve to be congratulated for providing both the scholar and the interested layperson with an exemplary treatment of an event, the significance of which still echoes down the years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews several books on historical topics including "The Capital and the Colonies: London and the Atlantic Economy, 1660-1700," by Nuala Zahedieh, "Capital Cities at War: Volume 2, A Cultural History: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919," edited by Jay Winter and Jean-Louis Robert, and "The Childhood of the Poor: Welfare in Eighteenth-Century London," by Alysa Levene.

The article reviews the books "The Legacy of the Great War: Ninety Years On," edited by Jay Winter, and "The First World War: A Concise Global History," by William Kelleher Storey, part of the Exploring World History series, edited by John McNeill and Jerry Bentley.

The article reviews several books including "The Great War," by Jay Winter, "Forgotten Victory," and "Remembering War," by Gary Sheffield.

Reviews four books. "The Great War and Urban Life in Germany: Freiburg, 1914-1918," by Roger Chickering; "Endangered Cities: Military Power and Urban Societies in the Era of the World Wars," edited by Marcus Funck and Roger Chickering; "Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire: Total War and Everyday Life in World War I," by Maureen Healy; "Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919. Vol. 2: A Cultural History," edited by Jay Winter and Jean-Louis Robert.

The article reviews the book "Dreams of Peace and Freedom: Utopian Moments in the 20th Century," by Jay Winter.

The article reviews several books including "Crossing the Aegean: An Appraisal of the 1923 Compulsory Population Exchange between Greece and Turkey," edited by Renée Hirschon, "A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation," by Eric D. Weitz, "America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915," edited by Jay Winter.

The article reviews the book "Dreams of Peace and Freedom: Utopian Moments in the Twentieth Century," by Jay Winter.

The article reviews the book "Remembering War: The Great War between History and Memory in the 20th Century," by Jay Winter.

The article reviews two books including "Dreams of Peace and Freedom: Utopian Moments in the 20th Century," by Jay Winter and "History's Locomotives: Revolution and the Making of the Modern World," by Martin Malia.

The article reviews several books about immigrants and minorities, including "Eichmann: His Life and Crimes," by David Cesarani, "Nazis and Good Neighbors: The United States Campaign Against the Germans of Latin America in World War II," by Max Paul Friedman and "America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915," edited by Jay Winter.

Books reviewed:Marc Ferro,The Use and Abuse of History.Ramsay MacMullen,Feelings in History, Ancient and Modern.Beverley Southgate,Postmodernism in History: Fear or Freedom?C. Behan McCullagh,The Logic of History: Putting Postmodernism in Perspective.J. C. D. Clark,Our Shadowed Present: Modernism, Postmodernism and History.Alun Munslow,The New History.Patrick Manning,Navigating World History. Historians Create a Global Past.David B. Abernethy,The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empire 1415–1980.Hilary L. Rubinstein, Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Abraham J. Edelheit and William D. Rubinstein,The Jews in the Modern World: A History since 1750.M. Mulholland and B. Pullan (eds),Judicial Tribunals in England and Europe, 1200–1700. The Trial in History. Volume I.R. A. Melikan (ed.),Domestic and International Trials, 1700–2000. The Trial in History. Volume II.Joseph Canning, Hartmut Lehmann and Jay Winter (eds),Power, Violence and Mass Death in Pre-modern and Modern Times.Kenneth Chase,Firearms: A Global History to 1700.Mark McNeilly,Sun Tzu and the Art of Modern Warfare.Michael Stephenson (ed.),Battlegrounds: Geography and the History of Warfare.Clive Bloom,Violent London: 2,000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts.J. Benson and L. Ugolini (eds),A Nation of Shopkeepers: Five Centuries of British Retailing.Marc Jacobs and Peter Scholliers (eds),Eating Out in Europe: Picnics, Gourmet Dining and Snacks since the Late Eighteenth Century.P. Riden (ed.),A History of the County of Northampton. Volume V Cleley Hundred.D. A. Crowley (ed.),A History of the County of Wiltshire. Volume XVII Calne Hundred.C. P. Lewis and A. T. Thacker (eds),A History of the County of Chester, Volume V, Part I: The City of Chester, General History and Topography.Gordon Biddle,Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: An Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites.Colin Divall and Andrew Scott,Making Histories in Transport Museums.Keir Waddington,Medical Education at St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1123–1995.E. A. Heaman,St Mary's: The History of a London Teaching Hospital.David Taylor and Ruth Taylor,Mr Adams’ Free Grammar School.Richard Aldrich,The Institute of Education 1902–2002: A Centenary History.Doreen Rosman,The Evolution of the English Churches, 1500–2000.Jeremy Gregory and Jeffrey S. Chamberlain (eds),The National Church in Local Perspective: The Church of England and the Regions, 1660–1800.Justine Taylor,A Cup of Kindness: The History of the Royal Scottish Corporation, a London Charity, 1603–2003.Mary J. Henninger-Voss (ed.),Animals in Human Histories: The Mirror of Nature and Culture.Angela N. H. Creager and William Chester Jordan (eds),The Animal/Human Boundary: Historical Perspectives.R. V. Comerford,Ireland.Astrid Ringe, Neil Rollings and Roger Middleton,Economic Policy under the Conservatives, 1951–64: A Guide to Documents in The National Archives of the UK. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews books on the Armenian genocide. "The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response," by Peter Balakian; "America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915," edited by Jay Winter; "Starving Armenians: America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After," by Merrill D. Peterson.

Books reviewed in this article: Jay Winter and Emmanuel Sivan, (eds.) War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century . Manfred F. Boemeke, Roger Chickering and Stig Foster, (eds.) Anticipating Total War: The German and American Experiences, 1871-1914 . Jeffrey Verhey, The Spirit of 1914: Militarism, Myth and Mobilization in Germany . Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity and German Occupation in World War I . Aaron L. Friedberg, In the Shadow of the Garrison State: America's Anti-Statism and Its Cold War Grand Strategy . Peter Trubowitz, Emily O. Goldman and Edward Rhodes, (eds.) The Politics of Strategic Adjustment: Ideas, Institutions, and Interests . Mark Johnston, Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "The Legacy of the Great War: Ninety Years On," edited by Jay Winter.

Reviews two books on war. `War and Remembrance in the Twentieth Century,' edited by Jay Winter and Emmanuel Sivan; `Memorials of the Great War in Britain: The Symbolism and Politics of Remembrance,' by Alex King.

Reviews books on ethnic conflict. `A Question of Numbers: High Migration, Low Fertility, and the Politics of National Identity,' by Michael S. Teitelbaum and Jay Winter; `Population Dilemmas in the Middle East: Essays in Political Geography and Economy,' by Gad G. Gilbar; `The Demographic Struggle for Power: The Political Economy of Demographic Engineering in the Modern World,' by Milica Zarkovic Bookman.

Reviews two books on European urban social history. `Migration and Urbanization in the Ruhr Valley, 1821-1914,' by James H. Jackson Jr.; `Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919,' by Jay Winter and Jean-Louis Robert.

The article reviews the book "The Great War in History: Debates and Controversies, 1914 to the Present," by Jay Winter and Antoine Prost.

Reviews the book `The Great War and the Twentieth Century,' edited by Jay Winter et al.

Reviews several books on reproductive health. 'Adoption and Fostering'; 'The IVF Revolution: The Definitive Guide to Assisted Reproductive Techniques,' by Robert Winston; 'A Question of Numbers: High Migration, Low Fertility, and the Politics of National Identity,' by Michael S. Teitelbaum and Jay Winter.