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Taking The Burning Of Louvain Library By German Troops In 1914 As His Starting Point, Award-winning Historian Alan Kramer Offers A Vivid New Account Of The Wave Of Cultural Destruction And Mass Killing That Swept Across Europe In The Second And Third Decades Of The 20th Century. Introduction -- 1. The Burning Of Louvain -- 2. The Radicalization Of Warfare -- 3. The Warriors -- 4. German Singularity? -- 5. Culture And War -- 6. Trench Warfare And Its Consequences -- 7. War, Bodies, And Minds -- 8. Victory, Trauma, And Post-war Disorder -- Conclusion -- Historiographical Note -- Appendix: Hague Convention (iv) Respecting The Laws And Customs Of War On Land (1907). Alan Kramer. Previously Issued In Print: 2007. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 394-415) And Index.