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Rehearsals : the German army in Belgium, August 1914 / Jeff Lipkes.
- Title
- Rehearsals : the German army in Belgium, August 1914 / Jeff Lipkes.
- Author
- Lipkes, Jeff, 1950-
- Publication
- Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | D626.G3 L68 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 815 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Rehearsals is the first book to provide a detailed narrative history of the German invasion of Belgium as it affected civilians. Based on extensive eyewitness testimony, the book chronicles events in and around the towns of Liege, Aarschot, Andenne, Tamines, Dinant, and Leuven, where the worst of the German depredations occurred. Without any legitimate pretext, German soldiers killed nearly 6,000 non-combatants, including women and children, and burned some 25,000 homes and other buildings." "Recently, the case has been made that the violence which crescendoed between August 19 and August 26, 1914, was the result of a spontaneous outbreak of German paranoia about francs-tireurs (civilian sharpshooters). Rehearsals provides evidence that the executions were in fact part of a deliberate campaign of terrorism ordered by military authorities."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [789]-802) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- An ultimatum -- Liège -- Aarschot -- Andenne -- Tamines -- Dinant : Introduction, Leffe -- Dinant : St. Jacques, St. Nicolas -- Dinant : Les Rivages, Heffe -- Leuven : preliminaries -- Leuven : fire and Sword -- Leuven : Exodus -- Leuven : aftermath -- Explanations -- Denials : Germany -- Denials : U.K. and U.S. -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The report of the British committee on alleged German outrages (RBC).
- ISBN
- 9789058675965
- 9058675963
- LCCN
- ^^2008366691
- OCLC
- 180753578
- SCSB-11831347
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library