Elusive alliance : the German occupation of Poland in World War I / Jesse Kauffman.

By:

Kauffman, Jesse, 1974- [author.]

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780674089143
0674089146

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Elusive Alliance.DDC classification:

940.3/438 23

LOC classification:

DK4390 .K38 2015eb

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Contents:

Introduction: the unknown war and its forgotten occupation -- Prometheus bound: the German conquest and occupation of Poland -- Merciless murderers of the Polish language: state, army, and legitimacy in the imperial government-general -- Practicing politics: self-administration and self-determination -- Schools of the nations: education and national conflict -- Nation building and Bildung: Warsaw University -- Collapse of the government-general: the legacy of failure -- Conclusion: German occupation regimes in Poland, 1915-1945.

Summary: Jesse Kauffman explains why Germany's ambitious attempt at nation-building in Poland during WWI failed. The educational and political institutions Germany built for its satellite state could not alleviate Poland's hostility to the plundering of its resources to fuel Germany's war effort.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Jesse Kauffman explains why Germany's ambitious attempt at nation-building in Poland during WWI failed. The educational and political institutions Germany built for its satellite state could not alleviate Poland's hostility to the plundering of its resources to fuel Germany's war effort.