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Languages : en
Pages : 564
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The Spanish Farm Trilogy 1914-1918
Author: Spanish Farm Trilogy, 1914-1918
Author: Ralph Hale MottramThe Spanish Farm
Author: Ralph Hale MottramThe Spanish Farm Trilogy, 1914-1918
Author: Ralph Hale MottramPublisher:
ISBN: 9780140050288
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Comprises three novels and, although each is self-contained, the same characters recur in all three books, which tell from different view points the story of the experience of World War I on the Western Front as it ebbs and flows around the ancient house in Flanders known as the Spanish Farm.
Behind the Front
Author: Craig GibsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107782635
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Until now scholars have looked for the source of the indomitable Tommy morale on the Western Front in innate British bloody-mindedness and irony, not to mention material concerns such as leave, food, rum, brothels, regimental pride, and male bonding. However, re-examining previously used sources alongside never-before consulted archives, Craig Gibson shifts the focus away from battle and the trenches to times behind the front, where the British intermingled with a vast population of allied civilians, whom Lord Kitchener had instructed the troops to 'avoid'. Besides providing a comprehensive examination of soldiers' encounters with local French and Belgian inhabitants which were not only unavoidable but also challenging, symbiotic and uplifting in equal measure, Gibson contends that such relationships were crucial to how the war was fought on the Western Front and, ultimately, to British victory in 1918. What emerges is a novel interpretation of the British and Dominion soldier at war.
Soldier, Sailor, Beggarman, Thief
Author: Clive EmsleyPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191647039
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The belief that crime declines at the beginning of major wars, as young men are drawn into the armed forces, and increases with the restoration of peace, as brutalised veterans are released on to a labour market reorganising for peace, has a long pedigree in Britain. But it has rarely been examined critically and scarcely at all for the period of the two world wars of the twentieth century. This is the first serious investigation of criminal offending by members of the British armed forces both during and immediately after these wars. Its particular focus is the two world wars but, recognising the concerns and the problems voiced in recent years about veterans of the Falklands, the Gulf wars, and the campaign in Afghanistan, Clive Emsley concludes his narrative in the present.
German Rearmament and the West, 1932-1933
Author: Edward W. BennettPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400871999
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
This probing examination of the period just before and after Hitler came to power corrects many misconceptions about German rearmament. Drawing on previously unexploited sources, Edward Bennett unravels German military plans and shows their implications, undermining the notion that Hitler's accession represented a radical break with Germany's past. He also lays bare the fears and rivalries that hindered the West's response, particularly at the 1932-1933 World Disarmament Conference. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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The New Statesman
Author: Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 2398
Book Description
Part 1, Books, Group 1, v. 24 : Nos. 1-148 (March, 1927 - March, 1928)