Summary: One or several wars? – Seven servicemen’s memoirs tied to western Croatia

Nasuprot pojednostavljenim shvaćanjima u odnosu na smisao i tijek Prvoga svjetskog rata, u radu se upozorava na potrebu rekonstrukcije šarolikoga motivacijskog i uopće doživljajnoga kompleksa njegovih sudionika. Za ovu prigodu odabrana su objavljena sjećanja šestorice austrougarskih nižih časnika i jednoga običnog vojnika (mornara), rođenjem ili službom vezanih uz zapadnu Hrvatsku, a različitih narodnosnih, političkih, društvenih i vjerskih identitetskih odrednica: Luje Lovrića, Ivana Ribara, Frane Dubravčića, Milana Japunčića, Lavoslava Krausa, Georga von Trappa i Marka Oreškovića.As opposed to simplified understandings of the sense and course of the First World War, this paper underscores the need for reconstruction of the diverse motivational and general experiential complex of its participants. For this occasion, the published memoirs of six Austro-Hungarian junior officers and one ordinary serviceman (a sailor) have been selected. By birth or service, they were tied to western Croatia, but with different ethnic, political, social and religious identities: Lujo Lovrić, Ivan Ribar, Frane Dubravčić, Milan Japunčić, Lavoslav Kraus, Georg von Trapp and Marko Orešković