(Military) History Inscribed in the Landscape

An Outline of Theory and Practice

Abstract

The various ‘turns’ in the humanities and social sciences can also have positive implications on military history and military science. There was a noticeable increase in efforts to include aspects from anthropology, cultural memory in the research, as well as studying warfare and army activities in broader socio-cultural context. Consequently, in addition to transdisciplinary disciplines, this process involved the redefinition of traditional sub-disciplines, such as military geography. In the paper, I examine the impact of these processes and their potential application in military history research. I outline a theoretical background of the relationship between (different aspects of physical and social) space and army in the light of recent English-language literature, and illustrate the possibilities of analysis with examples from my research (1948 centennial celebrations, database of the killed in 1956).