The First World War as a Clash of Cultures

This volume of essays examines the perceived rift between the British and German intellectual and cultural traditions before 1914 and how the resultant war of words both reflects and helped determine historical, political, and, ultimately, military events. This vexed symbiosis is traced first through a survey of popular fiction, from alarmist British and German "invasion novels" to the visions of Erskine Childers and Saki and even P.G. Wodehouse;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571133402
• ISBN13: 9781571133403
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"