Since its foundation in 1999, the series âKrieg in der Geschichteâ has illustrated in numerous volumes the enormous variety of questions and perspectives generated by the topic of war. The book series focuses on the role of war and the military in various historical periods and societies since antiquity. The term war encompasses the entire spectrum of armed conflicts between competing military or paramilitary groups, combat units, or states in all its forms, from battles fought on battlefields to high-tech forms of war aimed at the civilian population. Historical research into war canât be conducted in isolation from the military and civil society. The editors of âKrieg in der Geschichteâ are methodologically linked to the new and critical military history that has also developed in German-speaking academia since the 1990s. The historiography of war and the military has greatly benefited from the addition of perspectives from social, everyday, cultural, mental, and gender history. The series considers it its task to make visible the close connection between the military and society. It aims to show how historically different military organizations are embedded in and are shaped by civil society, while in turn intervening in said society in highly standardized and regulating ways. Such an approach increasingly takes the relations between the âfrontâ and âhomeâ, the social processes of militarization and militarism, as well as the social, economic and societal consequences of war into consideration, not only when looking at the so-called âmodernityâ. In addition, it is important to analyse the intertwining of âwarâ and âpeaceâ by including post-war and inter-war periods. âKrieg in der Geschichteâ aims to give space to studies dealing with the causes, effects, and actors of war in history, as well as technological, strategic, and operational aspects of warfare. The range of topics includes socio-historical research that focuses on the structures and social practices of the military, the effects of war on soldiers and the civilian population, as well as the everyday life of war. The series aims to include studies that link war and the military to gender standardization, contemporary gender orders, and the connection between violence and gender. âKrieg in der Geschichteâ wishes to provide a forum for cultural-historical approaches that examine war both as a culture and a destroyer of culture, as well as for those exploring how different types of media visualize, comment on, and propagate war. Studies with perspectives on the history of emotions, the body, and experiences that address questions of individual and collective trauma, or that explore the relationship between emotions and war-related violence, are also welcome. The same openness applies to research on the ecological dimensions of war. Furthermore, as part of the topical and methodological diversity characterizing âKrieg in der Geschichteâ, the series encourages analysis focusing on non-European theatres and the global interdependencies of war. The publication languages of the series are German and English.
Horst Carl
Isabelle Deflers
Christian Koller
Kerstin von Lingen