Frank Jacob is Professor of Global History at Nord University, Norway. He received his PhD in Japanese Studies from Erlangen University in 2012 and previously held positions at the University of Würzburg, Germany (2013/14) and the City University of New York, USA (2014-2018).

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• War and Semiotics, War Semiotics, and the Semiotics of War: An Introduction; Part I: War, Semiotics, and the Question of Interpretation; 1. Media Constructions of War and Peace during the War of the Spanish Succession; 2. The Red Cross “Shield”: The Semiotic Duality of the Red Cross during the Occupation of Norway, 1940-1945; 3. The Semiotics of Collaboration; Part II: War, Semiotics, and Identity Constructions; 4. (Re-)Negotiating Internment: Language, Semiotics and the German Internment Experience in the United States during the First World War; 5. The Semiotic Construction of Judeo-Bolshevism in Germany, 1918-1933; 6. The Semiotics of British Print Propaganda in Spain During the Second World War; 7. The Semiotics of Collaboration and Resistance During the Nazi German Occupation of Norway 1940-45; 8. Postage Stamps, War Memory and Commemoration: A Case Study of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971; 9. Semiotics Beyond Agency: Violence and Meaning in the Theater of War; Part III: War, Semiotics, and Politics; 10. “National Decay and National Rebirth”: The Semiotics of Quisling’s Conception of History; 11. Legitimate or Improper Economic Collaboration? The Struggle About the Past After the German Occupation of Norway; 12. Eastern Europe in the Shadow of a Propaganda War: Józef Mackiewicz and Totalitarian Propaganda; Epilogue: War Semiotics in the Post-Cold War World; 13. Brinkmanship: A Cold War Parody of Statesmanship

Frank Jacob is Professor of Global History at Nord University, Norway. He received his PhD in Japanese Studies from Erlangen University in 2012 and previously held positions at the University of Würzburg, Germany (2013/14) and the City University of New York, USA (2014-2018).

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• War and Semiotics, War Semiotics, and the Semiotics of War: An Introduction; Part I: War, Semiotics, and the Question of Interpretation; 1. Media Constructions of War and Peace during the War of the Spanish Succession; 2. The Red Cross “Shield”: The Semiotic Duality of the Red Cross during the Occupation of Norway, 1940-1945; 3. The Semiotics of Collaboration; Part II: War, Semiotics, and Identity Constructions; 4. (Re-)Negotiating Internment: Language, Semiotics and the German Internment Experience in the United States during the First World War; 5. The Semiotic Construction of Judeo-Bolshevism in Germany, 1918-1933; 6. The Semiotics of British Print Propaganda in Spain During the Second World War; 7. The Semiotics of Collaboration and Resistance During the Nazi German Occupation of Norway 1940-45; 8. Postage Stamps, War Memory and Commemoration: A Case Study of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971; 9. Semiotics Beyond Agency: Violence and Meaning in the Theater of War; Part III: War, Semiotics, and Politics; 10. “National Decay and National Rebirth”: The Semiotics of Quisling’s Conception of History; 11. Legitimate or Improper Economic Collaboration? The Struggle About the Past After the German Occupation of Norway; 12. Eastern Europe in the Shadow of a Propaganda War: Józef Mackiewicz and Totalitarian Propaganda; Epilogue: War Semiotics in the Post-Cold War World; 13. Brinkmanship: A Cold War Parody of Statesmanship