All Quiet on Every Front: Fighting the Great War Beyond No Man’s Land

This chapter serves as an introduction to New Perspectives on the First World War: Beyond No Man’s Land, and it engages relevant historical and historiographical trends. It also introduces each of the twelve chapters throughout the volume in context of their contentions and interpretations. In sum, Chap. 1 provides an analytical framework for how each chapter and the volume as a whole fit into the growing conversation regarding the First World War’s impact “beyond no man’s land.”