Psychology of the Great War : the First World War & its origins /: the First World War & its origins. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne.
• Further Information: Note: Gustave LeBon ; with a new introduction by Martha Hanna and a new foreword by Irving Louis Horowitz.
• Other Names: Le Bon, Gustave, 1841-1931
• Contents: Bk. I. Psychological Principles Necessary for the Interpretation of the Present Work -- Introduction: Psychological Study of the War -- Ch. I. The Affective, Collective, and Mystic Forces, and the Part they Play in the Life of Nations -- Ch. II. The Variations of Personality -- Bk. II. Germany's Evolution in Modern Times -- Ch. I. The Rise and Development of German Power -- Ch. II. The State According to the Conceptions of the German Philosophers. Their Interpretation of History -- Ch. III. The Economic Evolution of Germany -- Ch. IV. The Modern German Mentality -- Bk. III. The Remote Causes of the War -- Ch. I. The Economic and Political Causes of the War -- Ch. II. Race-Hatreds -- Ch. III. Germany's Aggressive Attitude The Idea of Revanche -- Ch. IV. The Part Played by Mystic Influences in the Genesis of the War. The Hegemony Ideal -- Bk. IV. The Immediate Causes of the War -- Ch. I. The Austrian Ultimatum and the Week of Diplomatic Conversations -- Ch. II. England's Original Antipathy to the War -- Ch. III. Development of Feeling in England -- Ch. IV. The Respective Parts Played by Germany, Austria, Russia, and France while the Diplomatic Conversations were Proceeding -- Ch. V. Influence of Popular Feeling upon the Genesis of the War -- Ch. VI. Part Played by the Wills of the Three Emperors -- Ch. VII. Conclusion. Who Wanted the War? -- Ch. VIII. Opinions Expressed in Germany and Various other Countries as to the Causes of the War -- Bk. V. Psychological Forces Involved in Battles -- Ch. I. Changes in Methods of Warfare -- Ch. II. Feelings Aroused by the War. Emergence of New Personalities -- Ch. III. Military Courage: Its Genesis and its Forms -- Ch. IV. Consequences Due to Lack of Foresight and to Psychological Errors in the Genesis of Armed Encounters -- Ch. V. Strategical Errors Resulting from Psychological Errors -- Bk. VI. Psychological Elements in German Methods of Warfare -- Ch. I. The Psychological Bases of the German Methods of Warfare. Ch. II. Application of the Principles Laid Down by the German General Staff. Incendiarism, Slaughter, and Pillage -- Ch. III. Results of German Methods of Warfare upon Neutral Feeling -- Bk. VII. Unknown Quantities in Warfare -- Ch. I. Immediate Consequences of Modern Wars -- Ch. II. Dubiousness in Accounts of Battles -- Ch. III. Hypotheses Concerning the Battle of the Marne -- Ch. IV. Peace Problems.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (480 pages)
• Subjects: 940.3/11; World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes; World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects; War -- psychology; Psychology, Military -- history; Psychological aspects; War -- Causes; Eerste Wereldoorlog; Oorzaken; Psychologische aspecten
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351307703; 1351307703
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