Carnage and Care on the Eastern Front : The War Diaries of Bernhard Bardach, 1914-1918

Appelbaum, Peter C.

Berghahn Books（2025/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 326 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781805397465
• DDC分類 940.4147

Full Description

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 His diaries from that period, unpublished and largely overlooked until now, represent a distinctive and powerful record of daily life on the Eastern Front.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.

Contents

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

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

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index