LEADER 04178cam a2200565 i 4500001 278052 005 20240621234601.0 008 210301s2015 mauab b 001 0 eng 010 2014049891 015 GBB5G7568 |2bnb 019 1168012732 020 9780674286016 |q(alkaline paper) 020 0674286014 |q(alkaline paper) 024 8 40025199921 024 8 40025203406 035 (OCoLC)ocn904335178 035 278052 042 pcc 043 e-pl---e-gx--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dBDX |dOCLCF |dCLE |dCOO |dHLS |dYUS |dCHVBK |dZCU |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dMZ7 |dS3O |dOCL |dQMC |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dOCLCA |dVTU |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dCCH |dUKMGB |dCUI |dCTB |dOCLCA |dVOD |dOCLCA |dOCL |dLHM 050 00 DK4390 |b.K38 2015 100 1 Kauffman, Jesse, |d1974- |eauthor. 245 10 Elusive Alliance : |bthe German Occupation of Poland in World War I / |cJesse Kauffman. 264 1 Cambridge, Massachusetts : |bHarvard University Press, |c2015. 300 287 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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. 520 As World War I dragged on into 1915, German armies along the Western Front settled into stalemate with entrenched British and French forces. But in the East the picture was quite different. The Kaiser's army routed the Russians, took possession of Polish territory, and attempted to create a Polish satellite state. Elusive Alliance delves into Germany's three-year occupation of Poland and explains why its ambitious attempt at nation-building failed. Dubbed the Imperial Government-General of Warsaw, Germany's occupation regime was headed by veteran Prussian commander Hans Hartwig von Beseler. In his vision for Central Europe, Poland would become Germany's permanent ally, culturally and politically autonomous but bound to the Fatherland in foreign policy matters. To win Polish support, Beseler spearheaded the creation of new institutions including a Polish-language university in Warsaw, reformed the school system, and established democratically elected municipal governments. For Beseler and other German strategists, a secure Poland was essential to ensuring Central Europe against a threatening tide of nationalism and revolution. But as Jesse Kauffman shows, Beseler underestimated the resistance to his policies and the growing hostility to occupation as Germany plundered Polish resources to fuel its war effort. By 1918, with the war over, Poles achieved independence. Yet it would not be long before they faced a second, far more brutal German occupation at the hands of the Nazis. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 611 27 BMBF-Statusseminar. |2gnd |0(DE-588)1092055606 651 0 Poland |xHistory |yGerman occupation, 1914-1918. 650 0 World War, 1914-1918 |zPoland. 651 7 Poland. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01206891 650 7 Besetzung. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4006020-2 650 7 Weltkrieg |g1914-1918. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4079163-4 651 7 Polen. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4046496-9 650 7 Ockupation. |2sao 650 7 Historia. |2sao 651 4 Polen. 651 4 Tyskland. 647 7 World War |d(1914-1918) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180746 647 7 German Occupation of Poland |c(Poland : |d1914-1918) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01353184 648 7 1914-1918 |2fast 648 7 1914-1918 (första världskriget) |2sao 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 852 0 |bstacks |hDK4390 |i.K38 2015