Bruno Cabanes
Forfatter af August 1914: France, the Great War, and a Month That Changed the World Forever
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Image credit: Bruno Cabanes in 2019 on his webpage on the Ohio Sate Universitty
Værker af Bruno Cabanes
August 1914: France, the Great War, and a Month That Changed the World Forever (2014) 44 eksemplarer
The Great War and the Origins of Humanitarianism, 1918-1924 (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern… (2014) 10 eksemplarer
Une histoire de la guerre - Du XIXe siècle à nos jours (2018) — Redaktør; Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
La victoire endeuillée: la sortie de guerre des soldats français, 1918-1920 (2004) — Forfatter — 4 eksemplarer
Associated Works
The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume 1, Global War (2013) — Bidragyder — 35 eksemplarer
Verdún 1916 (Desperta Ferro Contemporánea 13) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
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- Cabanes, Bruno
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- Cabanes, Bruno
- Fødselsdato
- 1967-03-08
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- France
Etats-Unis - Land (til kort)
- France
- Bopæl
- Etats-Unis (2005- )
France - Uddannelse
- Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, EHESS, Paris, France (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, 2013)
Université Paris-I (Doctorat ∙ Histoire ∙ "Finir la guerre : l'expérience des soldats français, été 19 18 - printemps 19 20", 20 02)
Agrégation d'histoire (1993)
Ecole normale supérieure (1989-1993) - Erhverv
- Professeur (Histoire)
Historien (Histoire contemporaine ∙ WW1) - Relationer
- Cabanes, Pierre (Père)
Corbin, Alain (Directeur de thèse) - Organisationer
- The Ohio State University, Columbus (Professeur ∙ Donald G. & Mary A. Dunn Chair in Modern Military History ∙ 20 14- )
Yale University, USA (Assistant Professor puis professeur associé ∙ 20 05 - 20 08)
Institut d'études politiques, Paris (Maître de conférences, Histoire, 20 04 | 20 05)
Université de Limoges (Maître de conférences, Histoire, 20 04 | 20 05)
Université d'Angers (Maître de conférences, 19 98 - 20 04))
Sensibilités. Histoire, Critique et Sciences Sociales, revue (Membre du comité scientifique) (vis alle 10)
L'Histoire, Magazine (Membre du comité scientifique)
Vingtième Siècle, revue (Membre du comité scientifique)
Mémorial de Verdun, Meuse, France (Membre du comité scientifique)
Historial de Péronne, Somme, France (Membre du comité directeur)
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Over the last few years, countless books have been published and re-released for the 100th anniversary of the First World War. In America most center around the war from the American point of view or the British view. Poetry collections from British soldiers in the trenches are easy to find. The story of the Lafayette Escadrille is well known. Books on German aggression and the Russian revolution are also easy to find. I have even read a few books on the war on the eastern front. I have not read a book from the French view.
Cabanes book present the French view on the war. The facts are the same as many other books but the details and presentation are new. The French Plan XXVII and its execution are covered in detail. Its (as well as the Schlieffen Plan's) failures and successes are covered. Joffre's execution of the plan and its adaptations are well explained. The British are seen in a less decisive role and Joffre despite his early failures comes through as the mastermind that held the French army together and essentially saved France. Trench warfare is generally seen as a disaster, but digging in is what saved France from being overrun.
The idea of fighting another war against Germany (Prussia) was not a central plan for much of France. Labor unions and Socialists opposed the idea war and present a good deal of resistance to military build up and conscription laws. Cabanes gives the reader an inside look at the mood and politics inside France before the war. It takes a great deal of effort to change people's minds from peace to going to war. For example, the United States did not enter the war until 1917. Wilson ran on a peace platform even though he knew that war was inevitable. It took the American population longer to accept that. Even after the start of the war stories of German agents giving poisoned candy to children flowed freely through the French population. People were instructed to be on the lookout for German spies. Once the war started an effort to keep the momentum going in popular opinion continued.
World War I has been called the first modern war. It was a mix -- Horse cavalry and the machine gun. The civilian population and property became targets as the rape of Belgium soon proved. Railways sped up mobilization and telephone and telegraphs kept military leadership informed of the war but at a safe distance from the fighting. The mismatch in technology and military tradition helped increase the slaughter. On August 22, 1914, alone, the French suffered 27,000 deaths in fighting. From August 5th -September 5th, French casualties totaled 329,000.
As I read this book, I was also listening to Barbara W. Tuchman's The Guns of August covering the exact same time period and events. It was interesting to compare and contrast the information presented by an American historian and French historian. Although is often said that the winners write the history, it is interesting how we chose the winners that speak our language to base the overall tone and emotion of events. Highly recommended, not for any new information, but from the point of view that is similar but different from the commonly read American or British views.
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