La Grande Guerre des historiens belges, 1914-2014

From 1914 onwards, Belgian historians have produced a considerable output on the subject of the First World War. Few episodes in the history of Belgium have known such a consistent historiographical investment. When comparing this output with those of the other former belligerent countries, it becomes clear that the studies on Belgium have gradually moved away from the international model. In interwar Europe, when historiography was dominated by "a diplomatic and military component" (Prost and Winter), Belgian his- torians put forward the civilian dimension of the conflict. Thus, by in some wa... Mehr ...