Carnage and care on the eastern front : the war diaries of Bernhard Bardach, 1914-1918

Bardach, Bernhard 1866-1947 (author.). Appelbaum, Peter C., (translator,, editor.).

Summary: For nearly all of the Great War, the Jewish doctor Bernhard Bardach served with the Austro-Hungarian army in present-day Ukraine. His diaries from that period, unpublished and largely overlooked until now, represent a distinctive and powerful record of daily life on the Eastern Front. In addition to key events such as the 1916 Brusilov Offensive, Bardach also gives memorable descriptions of military personalities, refugees, food shortages, and the uncertainty and boredom that inescapably attended life on the front. Ranging from the critical first weeks of fighting to the ultimate collapse of the Austrian army, these meticulously written diaries comprise an invaluable eyewitness account of the Great War.

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ISBN: 1785339788
ISBN: 9781785339783
ISBN: 1785339796
ISBN: 9781785339790
Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 pages)
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Publisher: Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2018.

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Formatted Contents Note:

List of Illustrations Foreword: All Quiet on the Eastern Front: The War Diaries of Bernhard Bardach; Jay Winter Acknowledgments; Note on town names; Translator's Introduction Introduction: Bernhard Bardach: A Biographical Sketch; Helmut Konrad Notes; Map Chapter 1. 1914: Poland, Russia, Carpathians; Chapter 2. 1915: Carpathians, Gorlice-Tarnów, Southern and Western Ukraine; Chapter 3. 1916: The Brusilov Offensive and Its Aftermath; Chapter 4. 1917: Winter in Ukraine -- inspections -- Blockade -- Worsening Shortages; Chapter 5. 1918: Treaty of Brest Litovsk -- Crippling Shortages -- Piave -- War's End Appendices; Bibliography; Index

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