Eenheid in verdeeldheid: spanningsvelden in België tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog

The First World War put very high strains on Belgian society. This article aims to make a comprehensive analysis of the internal areas of conflict created by the war and to present a number of hypotheses on its interconnectedness, momentum and meaning. In spite of the fundamental divisions of the Belgian war experience, three quite similar areas of conflict inherent to wars, emerged. The first area of conflict was structured around views on justice : it posed the question whether every person received and did his or her rightful share. The second area of conflict was of an ethnical-national na... Mehr ...