The Great War and Veterans’ Internationalism

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: The Great War and Veterans’ Internationalism....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
René Cassin and the Victory of French Citizen-Soldiers....Pages 19-31
‘The Legion that Sailed but Never Went’: The British Legion and the Munich Crisis of 1938....Pages 32-52
Well-Armed Internationalism: American Veteran Organizations and the Crafting of an ‘Associated’ Veterans’ Internationalism 1919–1939....Pages 53-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Polish Eagles and Peace Doves: Polish Veterans between Nationalism and Internationalism....Pages 77-96
Allied Yugoslavia: Serbian Great War Veterans and their Internationalist Ties....Pages 97-117
Social Benefits and the Rhetoric of Peace in Czechoslovak Veteran Organizations....Pages 118-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
German Veterans’ Associations and the Culture of Peace: The Case of the Reichsbanner....Pages 139-161
The Italian Associazione Nazionale Mutilati e Invalidi di Guerra and Its International Liaisons in the Post Great War Era....Pages 162-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
International Veterans’ Organizations and the Promotion of Disarmament Between the Two World Wars....Pages 187-206
Beyond Cultures of Victory and Cultures of Defeat? Inter-War Veterans’ Internationalism....Pages 207-222
Back Matter....Pages 223-233