First World War Books
Profile Books Ltd The Great War: 1914-1918
Book SynopsisThe Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world history In this magnum opus, critically-acclaimed historian Peter Hart examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines cutting edge scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and ordinary soldiers. He focuses in particular on explaining how technology and tactics developed during the conflict - and determines which battles were crucial to its outcome. Combatants from every corner of Earth joined the fray, but their voices are rarely heard together. This is a major history of the conflict whose centenary is fast approaching. Published in paperback for the anniversary of the conflict, this is a pioneering and comprehensive account of the First World War, comparable to Anthony Beevor or Max Hastings.Trade ReviewImmensely readable ... Hart excels not only at making it intelligible but also at turning it into a gripping narrative, which includes extensive and moving quotations from soldiers and sailors who bore the consequences of their commanders' decisions and faced the realities of combat ... Hart's book will contribute to a sea change in our understanding of the war during the years of the centenary * Irish Times *Gripping ... I would highly recommend this book, not only for the honest appraisal of all the main characters and countries involved, but because it gives a voice to those who paid the ultimate price, often for no purpose whatsoever * Morning Star *A valuable, timely and highly readable overview of the Great War on all major fronts -- Professor Peter SimkinsThought provoking, erudite, yet eminently readable and entertaining: Peter Hart is a historian and author at the peak of his powers -- Richard Van EmdenRiveting...bold enough to bring a new clarity to a subject that has been obscured by a creeping barrage of re-interpretations over the years * Catholic Herald *Very impressive * Military History Magazine *The sheer level of detail Hart presents is astonishing...fascinating * Press Association *A refreshing and engaging read * Soldier Magazine *Gripping...I would highly recommend this book, not only for the honest appraisal of all the main characters and countries involved, but because it gives a voice to those who paid the ultimate price, often for no purpose whatsoever * Morning Star *
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd French Army in the First World War
Book SynopsisA broad selection of over 200 photographs recording the French army during the Great War.
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McGill-Queen's University Press A Thirst for Wine and War
Book SynopsisTo maintain morale amongst soldiers in the wretched trenches of World War I, the French army provided regular rations of wine and other alcohol that became a defining feature of French soldiers’ experience. A Thirst for Wine and War explores the French army’s strategic distribution of alcohol as a method of emotional and behavioural control.Trade Review“This book not only contributes substantially to the history of intoxicants and their consumption, but it also extends well beyond these topics to expand our understanding of the histories of France, of the Great War, and of war more generally. It is hard to see the events of the First World War in France in quite the same way after reading this work.” Richard S. Fogarty, University at Albany, SUNY and author of Race and War in France: Colonial Subjects in the French Army, 1914–1918
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Imperial German Field Uniforms and Equipment
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd UNIFORMS EQUIPMENT OF THE IT A Study in Period
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WW Norton & Co Germanys Aims in the First World War
Book SynopsisProfessor Fischer's great work is possibly the most important book of any sort, probably the most important historical book, certainly the most controversial book, to come out of Germany since the war.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Price of Glory
Book SynopsisThe Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne''s trilogy, which includes The Fall of Paris and To Lose a Battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany. The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. Its aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death and a battleground whose once fertile terrain is even now a haunted wilderness. Alistair Horne''s classic work, continuously in print for over fifty years, is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of the battle and the men who fought there. It shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity. ''Verdun was the bloodiest battle in history ... The Price of Glory is the essential book on the subject'' Sunday Times ''It has almost every merit ... Horne sorts out complicating issues with the greatest clarity. He has a splendid gift for depicting individuals'' A.J.P. Taylor, Observer ''A masterpiece'' The New York Times ''Compellingly told ... Alastair Horne uses contemporary accounts from both sides to build up a picture of heroism, mistakes, even farce'' Sunday Telegraph ''Brilliantly written ... very readable; almost like a historical novel - except that it is true'' Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery One of Britain''s greatest historians, Sir Alistair Horne, CBE, is the author of a trilogy on the rivalry between France and Germany, The Price of Glory, The Fall of Paris and To Lose a Battle, as well as a two-volume life of Harold Macmillan.Table of ContentsLa debacle; joffre of the marne; Falkenhayn; operation Gericht; the waiting machine; the first day; the fall of Colonel Driant; breakthrough; Fort Douaumont; De Castelnau decides; petain; the take-over; reappraisals; the Mort Homme; widening horizons; in another country; the air battle; the crown prince; the triumvirate; "May Cup"; Fort Vaux; danger signals; the secret enemies; the crisis; Falkenhayn dismissed; the counterstrokes; the new leader; aftermath;
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Penguin Books Ltd Undertones of War
Book SynopsisThe poet and critic Edmund Blunden was born in Yalding, Kent in 1896. He studied at Oxford, was professor of English literature at Tokyo from 1924-7 and fellow of Merton College, Oxford from 1931. He joined the staff of 'The Times Literary Supplement' in 1943, and from 1953 lectured at the University of Hong Kong. From1966-8 he was professor of poetry at Oxford.Trade ReviewAn established classic ... accurate and detailed in observation of the war scene and its human figures -- D. J. Enright
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Penguin Books Ltd The Three Emperors
Book SynopsisDiscover the juicy, funny story of the three dysfunctional rulers of Germany, Russia and Great Britain at the turn of the last century, combined with a study of the larger forces around them.Three cousins. Three Emperors. And the road to ruin.As cousins, George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II and the last Tsar Nicholas II should have been friends - but they happened also to rule Europe''s three most powerful states. This potent combination together with their own destructive personalities - petty, insecure, bullying, absurdly obsessive (stamp collecting, uniforms) - led not only to their own dramatic fallouts and falls from grace, but also to the outbreak of the First World War.Miranda Carter''s riveting account of how three men who should have known better helped bring down an entire world is a gripping story of abdication, betrayal and murder.''Fascinating. A wonderfully fresh and beautifully choreographed work of history'' Mail on Sunday''Miranda Carter''s story is full of vivid quotations . . . a romp though the palaces of Europe in their last decades before Armageddon'' Sunday Times''Fascinating. Carter is a gifted storyteller and has written a very readable account'' Independent''That these three absurd men could ever have held the fate of Europe in their hands is a fact as hilarious as it is terrifying. I haven''t enjoyed a historical biography this much since Lytton Strachey''s Victoria'' Zadie SmithTrade ReviewFascinating. A wonderfully fresh and beautifully choreographed work of history -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *Carter draws masterful portraits of her subjects and tells the complicated story of Europe's failing international relations well...a highly readable and well-documented account * Spectator *Absorbing. Carter has a good eye for a quote and an ability to bring various personalities to life. A convincing and considerable achievement -- Sarah Bradford * Literary Review *Carter's account of how an already dysfunctional family turned toxic is fresh and enjoyable...timely and welcome * Guardian *Miranda Carter's story is full of vivid quotations...a romp though the palaces of Europe in their last decades before Armageddon * Sunday Times *Well-paced, a thoroughly polished, professional piece of work. A macabre family saga -- A. N. Wilson * Evening Standard *An entertaining study of power and personality portrays the strutting absurdity and grotesque glamour of the last emperors on the eve of catastrophe -- Simon Sebag Montefiore * Financial Times *Fascinating. Carter is a gifted storyteller and has written a very readable account * Independent *Carter's intelligent, entertainging and informative book folds dynastic and political narratives into a panoramic account of Europe's road to war * London Review of Books *That these three absurd men could ever have held the fate of Europe in their hands is a fact as hilarious as it is terrifying. I haven't enjoyed a historical biography this much since Lytton Strachey's Victoria -- Zadie SmithMiranda Carter writes with lusty humour, has a fresh clarifying intelligence, and a sharp eye for telling details. This is traditional narrative history with a 21st-century zing. A real corker of a book * History Today *A highly original way of looking at the years that led up to 1914 -- Antonia Fraser * Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year *Carter deftly interpolates history with psychobiography to provide a damning indictment of monarchy in all its forms -- Will Self * New Statesmen Books of the Year *A depiction of bloated power and outsize personalities in which Carter picks apart the strutting absurdity of the last emperors on the eve of catastrophe * Financial Times Books of the Year *Takes what should have been a daunting subject and through sheer wit and narrative élan turns it into engaging drama. Carter has a notable gift for characterisation -- Jonathan Coe * Guardian Books of the Year *
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Penguin Books Ltd The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry
Book SynopsisUnrivalled for its range and intensity, the poetry of the First World War continues to have a powerful effect on readers. This title reflects the diverse experience of those who lived through the war - bringing together the words of poets, soldiers and civilians affected by the conflict.Table of ContentsThe Penguin Book of First World War PoetryIntroductionAcknowledgementsA Note on the TextPreludeI. Your Country Needs You'Let the foul Scene proceed''Who's for the khaki suit'In Training2. Somewhere In FranceIn TrenchesBehind the LinesComrades of War3. ActionRendezvous with DeathBattleAftermath4. BlightyGoing BackThe Other WarLucky Blighters5. PeaceEveryone SangThe Dead and the Living'Have you forgotten yet?'CodaNotesA Glossary of the Western FrontBiographiesFurther ReadingPoem AcknowledgementsIndex of Titles and First Lines
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Imperial German Field Uniforms and Equipment
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Anness Publishing An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of World
Book SynopsisExpert and stunning illustrations show in painstaking detail the uniforms and their developments for all the major nations involved in World War I.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Elgin Trench Watches of the Great War
Book SynopsisExplores the military wristwatches produced during WWI for the United States military use.
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McFarland & Company A Soldier Gone to Sea Memoir of a Royal Marine in
Book SynopsisIn this memoir spanning nine decades, Lieutenant Colonel C.F. Jerram (1882-1969) of the Royal Marines recounts his life and military service through both world wars. His experience and insight convey two fundamental lessons: “Know thy profession and look after those for whom you are responsible.”
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Otago University Press Reconstructing Faces: The Art and Wartime Surgery
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MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Blood in the Argonne
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Manchester University Press De Stijl and Dutch Modernism Critical
Book SynopsisThis study emphasizes the local context of De Stijl and explores its relationship to Dutch modernism. It examines how the debates concerning abstraction in painting and spatiality in architecture were connected to developments in urban planning, advertising, interior and exhibition design.Table of ContentsList of platesList of figuresList of abbreviationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: Who’s afraid of red, yellow and blue1. Abstraction and utopia2. The monumental image of the city3. Advertising as fine art4. Structures of interior design5. Exhibiting styleBibliography
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Imperial German Navy of World War I A
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Faber & Faber Now All Roads Lead to France The Last Years of
Book SynopsisEdward Thomas was perhaps the most beguiling and influential of First World War poets. Now All Roads Lead to France is an account of his final five years, centred on his extraordinary friendship with Robert Frost and Thomas''s fatal decision to fight in the war.The book also evokes an astonishingly creative moment in English literature, when London was a battleground for new, ambitious kinds of writing. A generation that included W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost and Rupert Brooke were ''making it new'' - vehemently and pugnaciously. These larger-than-life characters surround a central figure, tormented by his work and his marriage. But as his friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote poem after poem, and his emotional affliction began to lift. In 1914 the two friends formed the ideas that would produce some of the most remarkable verse of the twentieth century. Their writing was far more than just war poetry, but it was World War I that put an ocean b
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Birth of the Modern World 1780 1914
Book SynopsisPresents a thematic history of the world from 1780 to the onset of the First World War which reveals that the world was far more 'globalised' at this time than is commonly thought. This book considers various themes of the nineteenth-century world, including the rise of the modern state, industrialization and liberalism.Trade Review"With its dazzling erudition and its vast scope, The Birth of the Modern World is a masterpiece of distance-annihilating synthesis…At a stroke, all other general histories of the nineteenth century have become parochial…I cannot think of any living historian who could match this feat. The rest of us must simply applaud." Niall Ferguson, University of Oxford "Bayly's work is awe-inspiring in its breadth and authority. To write a history of this kind, the author must possess a command of his sources... outstanding lucidity and a capacity to organise immensely complex and disparate material; above all, perhaps, a sense of proportion and the ability to balance striking detail against swooping vision. All these Bayly enjoys in abundance. Readers will enjoy an invigorating and enriching experience." The Telegraph "A truly global history, a work of great richness and jaw-dropping erudition that ranges effortlessly across the continents, laying out a complex, multifaceted picture of modernity. A brilliantly told global story." The Sunday Times "A remarkable achievement. As an accomplished and innovative historian, Bayly has the rare ability not just to indicate the need for a 'global approach to historical change' but also to deliver, with scrupulous regard for the complexity of his subject. Empire and genocide, nationalism and modernity - these are grand themes enough for many a work of history, but they do not exhaust the range of Bayly's ambition and erudition. It is a tribute to Bayly's skill that his discussion can be read with as much profit by those who are familiar with the historical debates he engages with as by those previously innocent of them." Times Literary Supplement "Chris Bayly's erudite and engrossing account of the global birthpangs of modernity is not only a landmark contribution to historical literature but, indirectly and without a hint of overt engagement, a pertinent addition to contemporary debates about globalisation and the world order. This is a book that historians, foreign policy elites and protagonists on both sides of the debate need to read.... Bayly has produced the most compelling and significant historical synthesis to appear for many years." London Review of Books "An enormously important book in its approach to global history, it is also a riveting account of modern warfare, empire, nationalism and religion. Bayly holds the reader's attention across a history of kingdoms ... In turn, what he delivers is a fascinating challenge to contemporary understandings of globalisation, religious belief and the threads of Empire." The Times "Christopher Bayly’s book will be essential reading for anyone seeking an historical angle on globalisation, and in particular on its impact on the world before 1914…No book I have ever read combines Bayly’s level of knowledge, clarity and insight on this vast and hugely important theme." Dominic Lieven, London School of Economics and Political Science "The impact of this book will be as broad as its originality, currency, and force." Linda Colley, Princeton University "This brilliant history of the 19th century offers remarkably lucid, supple analyses of the concepts around which this story revolves: modernity, nationalism, imperialism, the state, industrialisation. Bayly not only deftly summarises a startling range of complex previous literature, as well as integrating it effectively into his bigger picture, but also pushes many of those theoretical debates forward." Stephen Howe "This book, by one of the foremost scholars of modern Indian history, is a sprawling smorgasbord ... a challenging and thought-provoking piece of world history." Journal of World History Winner of the Wolfson History Prize 2004 Winner of the H-Soz-u-Kult Book Prize (World and International History) "[A] magisterial synthesis" Journal of Modern History "This is a brilliant book. Bayly's analytical approach merits high praise and the wealth of information he presents is admirable." IberoamericanaTable of ContentsList Of Illustrations. List Of Tables And Maps. Series Editor’s Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. The Organization Of The Book. Problem One: ‘Prime Movers’ And The Economic Factor. Problem Two: Global History And Post-Modernism. Problem Three: The Continuing ‘Riddle Of The Modern’. Conforming To Standards In Bodily Practice. Building Out From The Body: Communications And Complexity. Afterword. Part I: The End of The Old Regime:. 1. Old Regimes And ‘Archaic Globalisation’:. Peasants And Lords. The Politics Of Difference. Powers On The Fringes Of States. Harbingers Of New Political Formations. The Pre-History Of ‘Globalisation’. ‘Archaic’ And Early Modern Globalisation. Prospect. 2. Passages From The Old Regimes To Modernity:. The ‘Last Great Domestication’ And ‘Industrious Revolutions’. New Patterns Of Afro-Asian Material Culture, Production And Trade. The Internal And External Limits Of Afro-Asian ‘Industrious Revolutions.’. Trade, Finance And Innovation: European Competitive Advantages. The Activist, Patriotic State Evolves. Critical Publics. The Development Of Asian And African Ecumenes. Conclusion: ‘Backwardness’, Lags And Conjunctures. 3. Convergent Revolutions, 1780–1820:. Contemporaries Ponder The World Crisis. A Summary Anatomy Of The World Crisis, C. 1720–1820. Sapping The Legitimacy Of The State: From France To China. The Ideological Origins Of The Modern State. Nationalities Versus States And Empires. The Third Revolution: Polite And Commercial Peoples Worldwide. Prospect. Part II: The Modern World In Genesis:. 4. Between World Revolutions, C. 1815–1860. Assessing The ‘Wreck Of Nations’. British Maritime Supremacy, World Trade And Agrarian Recovery. Emigration: A Safety Valve. The Losers In The ‘New World Order’, C. 1815–65. Problems Of Hybrid Legitimacy – Whose State Was It?. The State Gains Strength – But Not Enough. Wars Of Legitimacy In Asia: A Summary Account. Economic And Ideological Roots Of The Asian Revolutions. The Years Of Hunger And Rebellion In Europe, 1848–51. The American Civil War As A Global Event. Convergence Or Difference?. Reviewing The Argument. 5. Industrialisation And The New City:. Historians, Industrialisation And Cities. The Progress Of Industrialisation. Cities As Centres Of Production And Consumption. The Urban Impact Of The Global Crisis, 1780–1820. Race And Class In The New City. Working Class Politics. World-Wide Urban Cultures And Their Critics. Conclusion. 6. Nation, Empire And Ethnicity: C. 1860–1900:. ‘Theories’ Of Nationalism. When Was Nationalism?. Whose Nationalism?. Perpetuating Nationalisms: Memories, National Associations And Print. From Community To Nation: The Eurasian Empires. Where We Stand With Nationalism. Peoples Without States; Persecution Or Assimilation?. Imperialism And Its History In The Late Nineteenth Century. Dimension Of The ‘New Imperialism’. A World Of Nation States?. The Persistence Of Old Patterns Of Globalisation. From Globalisation To Inter-Nationalim. Inter-Nationalism In Action. Conclusion. Part III: State And Society In The Age of Imperialism:. 7. Myths And Technologies Of The Modern State. Dimensions Of The Modern State. The State And The Historians. Problems Of Defining The State. The Modern State Takes Root; Geographical Dimensions. Claims To Justice And Symbols Of Power. The State’s Resources. The State’s Obligations To Society. Tools Of The State. State, Economy And Nation. A Balance Sheet: What Had The State Achieved?. 8. The Theory And Practice Of Liberalism, Rationalism, Socialism And Science. Contextualising ‘Intellectual’ History. The Corruption Of The Righteous Republic: A Classic Theme. Righteous Republics World-Wide. The Advent Of Liberalism And The Market: Western Exceptionalism?. Liberalism And Land Reform: Radical Theory And Conservative Practice. Free Trade Or National Political Economy. Representing The Peoples. Secularism And Positivism: Trans-National Affinities. The Reception Of Socialism And Its Local Resonances. Science In Global Context. Professionalisation At World Level. Conclusion. 9. Empires Of Religion:. Religion In The Eyes Of Contemporaries. The View Of Recent Historians. The Rise Of New-Style Religion. Modes Of Religious Domination, Their Agents And Their Limitations. Formalising Religious Authority, Creating ‘Imperial Religions’. Formalising Doctrines And Rites. The Expansion Of ‘Imperial Religions’ On Their Inner And Outer Frontiers. Pilrimage And Globalisation. Printing And The Propagation Of Religion. Religious Building. Religion And The Nation. Conclusion: The Spirits Of The Age. 10. The World Of The Arts And The Imagination:. Arts And Politics. Hybridity And Uniformity In Art Across The Globe. Levelling Forces: The Market, The Everyday And The Museum. The Arts Of The Emerging Nation And Empire 1760–1850. Arts And The People 1850–1914. Outside The West: Adaptation And Dependency. Architecture: A Mirror Of The City. Towards World Literature. Conclusion: Arts And Societies. Prospect. Part IV: Change, Decay And Crisis:. 11. The Reconstitution Of Social Hierarchies:. Change And The Historians. Gender And Subordination In The ‘Liberal Age’. Slavery’s Indian Summer. The Peasant And Rural Labourer As Bond Serf. The Peasant That ‘Got Away’. Why Rural Subordination Survived. The Transformation Of ‘Gentries’. Challenges To The Gentry. Routes To Survival: State Service And Commerce. Men Of ‘Fewer Board Acres’ In Europe. Surviving Supremacies. Continuity Or Change?. 12. The Destruction Of ‘Native Peoples’ And Ecological Depredation:. What Is Meant By Native Peoples?. Europeans And Native Peoples Before C. 1820. Native Peoples In The Age Of Hiatus?. The White Deluge 1840–1890. The Deluge In Practice: New Zealand, South Africa And The U.S.A. Ruling Savage Natures: Recovery And Marginalisation. 13. Conclusion: The Great Acceleration: C.1890–1914:. Predicting ‘Things To Come’. The Agricultural Depression, Inter-Nationalism And The New Imperialism. The Strange Death Of Inter-National Liberalism. Summing Up: Globalisation And Crisis 1780–1914. Global Interconnections 1780–1914. What Were The Motors Of Change?. Power In Global And Inter-National Networks. Contested Uniformity And Universal Complexity Revisited. August 1914. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd SS Panzer Divisions on the Eastern Front
Book SynopsisRare photographs from SS sources illustrating the armored formations which took part in this titanic struggle. Includes rare images of the Panther in action.
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Cornell University Press Diagnosing Dissent
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMost evocative is Bennette's ascertainment that dissenters, whether traumatized or not, often found ways to voice their dissent—she argues that they exercised 'personal agency'—to military psychiatrists. A welcome addition to World War I studies. * Choice *Drawing from meticulous research into patient records, Bennette complicates the picture [of conscientious objection as medical pathology]. * Foreign Affairs *Diagnosing Dissent is well-written and researched. Bennette's use of patient case files not only makes her arguments more compelling but also provides detailed and telling anecdotes about individual soldiers' lives that balance out the potentially sterile, cold language of contemporary psychiatric literature. * The Journal of Military History *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Antecedents: Psychiatry, the Military, and Pacifism in Late Imperial Germany 2. Hysterics and Other Patients: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Negotiation 3. Deserters: Delinquency, Psychological Disorder, and Dissent 4. Conscientious Objectors: Objects of Examination and Subjects with Agency Epilogue
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The University of Alabama Press The Great War in the Air Military Aviation from
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMorrow's encyclopedic examination of aviation's part in World War I concentrates on aircraft engine and airframe production, but the emotional content of contemporary accounts rises to the surface to put a human face on the brutal use of an infant technology.... a serious yet readable history of this vital part of the conflict, meant for any reader. - Library Journal ""A comprehensive study of the totality of the air war in its military, political, industrial, and cultural aspects distinguish this book from other treatments of military aviation during this period.... Morrow's efforts have yielded new insights into the evolution of military aviation and corrected previous oversights. The author's attention to developments in production and logistics, as well as events at the front, provide the most complete understanding of the development of air power and its role in the Great War."" - American Historical Review
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New York University Press The World War I Reader
Book SynopsisAlmost 100 years after the Treaty of Versailles was signed, World War I continues to be badly understood and greatly oversimplified. This work contains a selection of articles and book chapters written by major scholars of World War I, giving readers perspectives on the war that are both historical and contemporary.Trade ReviewThe Great War of 1914-1918 is increasingly understood as the defining event of the twentieth century. . . . Neiberg has done a remarkable job of covering all the appropriate bases and tipping his intellectual hat to the major schools of thought past and present. -- Dennis Showalter,author of Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth CenturyThis first-rate collection of primary documents and excerpts from leading historical works on World War I allows students to enter directly into current debates surrounding the wars meaning and significance. These selections provide a window into the varied wartime experiences of statesmen, generals, women, and soldiers, challenging students to discard over-simplistic interpretations of the war. -- Jennifer D. Keene,author of Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America. . . [A] valuable text to introduce students to the broad parameters of World War I. Students whose intellectual appetites are whetted by this collection will appreciate the extensive list of books matched to each category at the end of the book. * The Journal of Military History *Neiberg offers an excellent primer for anyone studying the Great War. The book’s strength is its scope. As they proceed from & Part One: Causes to & Part Six: Peace (with most sections offering two primary and two secondary sources), readers will learn from both sides about major leaders, the home front, soldiers and officers in battle, and the politics of peace. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsMaps Timeline of Major EventsBrief Biographies of Important Figures Mentioned in the Text Introduction Causes1.1 The Great Illusion1.2 Germany and the Next War 1.3 The "Willy-Nicky" Telegrams 1.4 The Circus Rider of Europe 1.5 The Army and the Nationalist Revival Soldiers2.1 The Good Soldier Schweik 2.2 Her Privates We 2.3 A Soldier's Notebook 2.4 O?cer-Man Relations: The Other Ranks' Perspective 2.5 "War Enthusiasm": Volunteers, Departing Soldiers, and Victory Celebrations2.6 Foch's General Countero?ensive, Part IArmageddon3.1 The Destruction of Louvain 3.2 The Historic First of July 3.3 Between Mutiny and Obedience 3.4 The Live and Let Live System Home Fronts4.1 Letters from a Lost Generation 4.2 An English Wife in Berlin 4.3 Home Fires Burning 4.4 The Politics of Race The End of the War5.1 The Fourteen Points5.2 Views on a Prospective Armistice 5.3 The Military Collapse of the German Empire 5.4 Diggers and Doughboys: Australian and American Troop Interaction on the Western FrontPeace6.1 Peacemaking6.2 British Diplomacy6.3 A Peace to End All Peace 6.4 The Kings Depart Further Reading Index About the Editor
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Imperial War Museum John Singer Sargent's Gassed
Book SynopsisJohn Singer Sargent's Gassed is one of IWM's most iconic and best-loved objects. Truly monumental in scale, it is also the largest painting in the museum's collection and has been on near-constant display since it was first exhibited in 1919. A favourite among visitors and the most requested image by researchers and publishers, the work endures as a lasting symbol of modern art in public service, and of the transformative conflict from which it came. In the following pages IWM's Head of Art Rebecca Newell traces the origins of this large and powerful painting in the final months of the First World War and celebrates the vibrancy and visual power of the work, revealed once again during recent conservation. John Singer Sargent's Gassed reflects on the challenges of creating and displaying a canvas of such size and the dramatic impact the work has had on generations of visitors to IWM. Finally, the book considers the painting's enduring legacy in the context of art inspired by conflict - a legacy now secured for future generations.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Surgeon with the Kaisers Army
Book SynopsisRare first hand account of German soldier and doctor.
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Headline Publishing Group Liverpool Angels A completely gripping saga of
Book SynopsisLyn Andrews'' tale of nursing in the field during World War I is haunting and unforgettable. If you enjoy the novels of Kate Thompson and Donna Douglas, you''ll love LIVERPOOL ANGELS. Born at the turn of the twentieth century, Mae Strickland is only a few days old when her mother suddenly dies. Her aunt Maggie brings Mae up together with her own children, Eddie and Alice, and the girls become like sisters. In spite of Mae''s unhappy start, life feels full of promise.Then, as the First World War looms, everything changes. While the local men - including young Eddie - leave to fight, Mae and Alice train as field nurses. As they travel to the front line in the wake of family tragedy, nothing can prepare them for the hardship that lies ahead.Yet there is solace to be found amid the wreckage of the war, and for both, romance is on the horizon. But it will take great courage for Mae and Alice to follow their hearts. Can love win out in the end?Trade ReviewHer mix of Irish and Liverpool backdrops have won this strong saga writer an assured place in theSunday Times top 10... she's great! - Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Canadian Corps Soldier vs Royal Bavarian Soldier
Book SynopsisIn 1917 the soldiers of the Canadian Corps would prove themselves the equal of any fighting on the Western Front, while on the other side of the wire, the men of the Royal Bavarian Army won a distinguished reputation in combat. Employing the latest weapons and pioneering tactics, these two forces would clash in three notable encounters: the Canadian storming of Vimy Ridge, the back-and-forth engagement at Fresnoy and at the sodden, bloody battle of Passchendaele. Featuring carefully chosen archive photographs and specially commissioned artwork, this study assesses these three hard-fought battles in 1917 on the Western Front, and offers a new take on the evolving nature of infantry combat in World War I.
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Fonthill Media LLc Hermann Goering in the First World War: The
Book SynopsisWhen modern readers think of Hermann Goring, what probably comes to mind is the overweight drug addict and convicted war criminal who cheated the hangman's noose at Nuremberg by committing suicide just hours before he was due to be hanged. Or perhaps there is the image of his powerful German air force in the Second World War---the Luftwaffe---bombing defenceless European cities and towns in the early part of the war, until it was defeated by the British Royal Air Force in the epic Battle of Britain in 1940. Perhaps the reader might think of Goring the debauched art collector who pirated captured collections all over Nazi Europe during the Occupation years. All of these images are correct, but here we see another Hermann Goring: the slim, dashing fighter pilot and combat ace of an earlier struggle, the Great War, or World War I of 1914-18, which he began as an infantry officer fighting the French Army in the 1914 Battle of the Frontiers. During a hospitalization, his friend Bruno Lorzer convinced him to become an aerial observer-photographer, photographing the mighty French fortress of Verdun. He did, and began these never-before-seen personal photo albums of men and aircraft at war: up close.
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Vintage Publishing Wounded
Book SynopsisEmily Mayhew is the author of Wounded: From Battlefield to Blighty, 1914-1918. She is Research Associate at Imperial College and consultant and lecturer to various museums including the Wellcome Collection, the Imperial War Museum and the Royal College of Surgeons. Her first book, The Reconstruction of Warriors, was published in 2004. Emily's primary research interest is the history of the medical treatment of severe casualty in 20th and 21st century warfare. She is determined to ensure that, in particular, the work and courage of the stretcher bearers of the Great War is properly represented during the centenary commemorations. During Autumn of 2014 she will be speaking at the Royal Institution, the Cheltenham Literary Festival, the Royal Society of Medicine, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, the Liverpool History Society, the Florence Nightingale Museum, and the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Great War CentenTrade ReviewAn original and absorbing account... [Mayhew] has a marvellous eye for quirky and horrifying detail... Absolutely compelling -- Peter Parker * Times Literary Supplement *Mayhew deftly describes such daily horrors as shattered jaws and severed arteries, filthy uniforms and decay. What takes the book beyond the standard accounts of the trenches, however, is its depiction of how such terrible circumstances forced people to respond in remarkable ways -- Victoria Segal * Guardian *Wounded is a powerful and descriptive read, and through it I found a greater understanding of what it was to be part of that war -- Sarah Mullally * Church Times *Among the many books commemorating the conflict, one stands out for its specialisation. This is Wounded... Mayhew is to be commended for giving us these testimonies -- Colin Gardiner * Oxford Times *A fascinating read -- Stephen Coulson * Lady *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Hidden History: a compelling and captivating
Book SynopsisThink you know about British history and the causes of the First World War? Think again. This fascinating and gripping study of events at the turn of the Twentieth Century is a remarkable insight into how political and social factors that we widely accept to be the causes of The Great War, were really just a construct put together by a very small, but powerful, political elite...'Thought-provoking . . . Docherty and Macgregor do not mince their words . . . their arguments are powerful' -- Britain at War'Simply astonishing' -- ***** Reader review'Very illuminating' -- ***** Reader review'You simply MUST read this book' -- ***** Reader review'This is a page-turner' -- ***** Reader review***********************************************************************************Hidden History uniquely exposes those responsible for the First World War. It reveals how accounts of the war's origins have been deliberately falsified to conceal the guilt of the secret cabal of very rich and powerful men in London responsible for the most heinous crime perpetrated on humanity. For ten years, they plotted the destruction of Germany as the first stage of their plan to take control of the world. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was no chance happening. It lit a fuse that had been carefully set through a chain of command stretching from Sarajevo through Belgrade and St Petersburg to that cabal in London.Our understanding of these events has been firmly trapped in a web of falsehood and duplicity carefully constructed by the victors at Versailles in 1919 and maintained by compliant historians ever since. The official version is fatally flawed, warped by the volume of evidence they destroyed or concealed from public view.Hidden History poses a tantalising challenge. The authors ask only that you examine the evidence they lay before you . . .Trade ReviewThought-provoking . . . Docherty and Macgregor do not mince their words . . . their arguments are powerful * Britain at War *
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Orion Publishing Co The Somme
Book SynopsisA major new history of the most infamous battle of the First World War, as described by the men who fought it.
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Penguin Books Ltd The World Crisis 19111918
Book SynopsisWinston Churchill's superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War is a defining work of twentieth-century history. With dramatic narrative power Churchill reconstructs the action on the Western and Eastern Fronts, the wars at sea and in the air and the advent of tanks and U-boats. He vividly describes the Lusitania's sinking, the heroics of the Battle of Jutland, Verdun's soul-stirring frenzy', the bloodshed of Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele, and the USA's entry into the conflict. Rich with personal insights, this magisterial book is testament to the author's role in the Great War's conduct and outcome and fully demonstrates his brilliance as a historian.
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The Crowood Press Ltd Machine Guns of World War I: Live Firing Classic
Book SynopsisAll the guns examined in this new paperback edition of Machine Guns of World War 1 belong to the class known as "automatic" and seven classic World War 1 weapons are illustrated in some 250 colour photographs. Detailed sequences shows them in close-up:during step-by-step field stripping, and during handling, loading and live firing trials with ball ammunition, by gunners wearing period uniforms to put these historic guns in their visual context.Trade Review"A very valuable contribution to the study of the Great War." * Tank Journal *"Robert Bruce has produced a fantastic combination of highly detailed text, constructional and background information, together with realist live firing sequences. This book is a must for anyone with an interest in the weapons, uniforms and equipment from this period." * The Armourer *
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Penguin Putnam Inc Storm of Steel
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Penguin Putnam Inc To Hell and Back
Book SynopsisChilling... To Hell and Back should be required reading in every chancellery, every editorial cockpit and every place where peevish Euroskeptics do their thinking…. Kershaw documents each and every ‘ism’ of his analysis with extraordinary detail and passionate humanism.—The New York Times Book ReviewThe Penguin History of Europe series reaches the twentieth century with acclaimed scholar Ian Kershaw’s long-anticipated analysis of the pivotal years of World War I and World War II. The European catastrophe, the long continuous period from 1914 to 1949, was unprecedented in human history—an extraordinarily dramatic, often traumatic, and endlessly fascinating period of upheaval and transformation. This new volume in the Penguin History of Europe series offers comprehensive coverage of this tumultuous era. Beginning with the outbreak of World War I through the rise of Hitler and the aftermath of
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Canongate Books The Missing of the Somme
Book SynopsisThe Missing of the Somme has become a classic meditation upon war and remembrance. It weaves a network of myth and memory, photos and films, poetry and sculptures, graveyards and ceremonies that illuminate our understanding of, and relationship to, the Great War.Trade ReviewThe great Great War book of our time * * Observer * *Articulates a response to the Great War which many feel, but no one has analysed so scrupulously * * Spectator * *A penetrating meditation upon war and remembrance * * Daily Telegraph * *Dyer is excellent on the different ambitions and effects of municipal memorials, and on photographs and paintings -- Sebastian Faulks * * Mail on Sunday * *A gentle, patient, loving book. It is about mourning and memory, about how the Great War has been represented - and our sense of it shaped and defined - by different artistic media * * Guardian * *
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Head of Zeus Elegy: The First Day on the Somme
Book SynopsisOn 1 July 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and 5 French divisions launched their long-awaited 'Big Push' on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a terrible cost. In killing-grounds whose names are indelibly imprinted on 20th-century memory, German machine-guns – manned by troops who had sat out the storm of shellfire in deep dugouts – inflicted terrible losses on the British infantry. The British Fourth Army lost 57,470 casualties, the French Sixth Army suffered 1,590 casualties and the German 2nd Army 10,000. And this was but the prelude to 141 days of slaughter that would witness the deaths of between 750,000 and 1 million troops. Andrew Roberts evokes the pity and the horror of the blackest day in the history of the British army – a summer's day-turned-hell-on-earth by modern military technology – in the words of casualties, survivors, and the bereaved. Trade Review'Always highly readable, gives a succinct and cohesive overview of the day, and is hearteningly even-handed' Spectator.'Let's be honest about Somme historiography; it either comes drenched in pitying tears or in posturing outrage, but both occlude. Roberts has played it straight with a clean and lucid overview so that one can actually see and understand what happened on that day' The Times.'The book's opening chapters on the strategy and tactics of the battle provide an excellent, succinct summary of the constraints within which it was planned. Roberts rightly stresses the subordination of British planning to that of the French, and sensibly eschews the British desire to say it was undertaken to save their allies at Verdun' Evening Standard.'The shattering story of the blackest day in the history of the British Army, the first day of the Somme Offensive, through the words of casualties, survivors, and the bereaved' Military History Monthly.'A well-written, clear, moving introduction to the slaughter on the Somme and its place in wider conflict' Sunday Times.'Blending deep scholarly skill with a real literary talent' Dan Jones, Evening Standard.'By dealing with just the first day of the battle, its strategic background, tactical thinking and significance, he has produced a most digestible narrative commentary' Country Life.'Roberts's vividly written, crisply authoritative account of the first day of the battle is full of details that stick stubbornly in the mind' Daily Mail.'The best thing about this excellent book is the depth of its detail. Once the battle proper starts, Roberts describes the fighting almost regiment by regiment' Literary Review.'A short, elegantly written and above all accessible book, solidly based on recent scholarship augmented by primary research ... this is a welcome, and often very moving, contribution to the debate on a battle that, a hundred years on, remains deeply controversial' Times Literary Supplement.'Roberts explains, with great judgement, why it happened and how it happened ... He helps us to remember' i newspaper.'Roberts's succinct treatment is confined to the battle's first day ... Tragedy, not melodrama, is Roberts' commemorative homage to the bravery of hundreds of thousands who did their duty, fought, died, or were maimed' The New Criterion.'A very objective book and Roberts does not get bogged down in blame as many books about the Somme do ... [He] evokes the horror of 1st July 1916 by deftly balancing the facts with personal accounts and experiences' Eleanor Baggley, Centenary News.'[A] limpid, sober account both of the battle and of the personalities involved in its conduct' The Tablet.'Highly emotive reading' History of War.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Great War Explained
Book SynopsisThis is much more than just another book to add to the thousands on The Great War. It sets out to fill a gap. Written for the layman by a layman (who is also an articulate and experienced battlefield guide) it summarises the key events and contributions of key individuals, some well, others unknown but with a story to tell. To get a true picture of this monumental event in history, it is necessary to grasp the fundamentals, be they military, political, social or simply human. The slaughters at Verdun, Somme and Passchendaele are no more than statistics without the stories of those that fought, drowned and died there. It is designed to capture the imagination and feed the mind of those ever increasing number of people who seek a better understanding of The Great War.
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Bodleian Library Secrets in a Dead Fish: The Spying Game in the
Book SynopsisHow did German intelligence agents in the First World War use dead fish to pass on vital information to their operatives? What did an advertisement for a dog in The Times have to do with the movement of British troops into Egypt? And why did British personnel become suspicious about the trousers hanging on a Belgian woman’s washing line? During the First World War, spymasters and their networks of secret agents developed many ingenious – and occasionally hilarious – methods of communication. Puffs of smoke from a chimney, stacks of bread in a bakery window, even knitted woollen jumpers were all used to convey secret messages decipherable only by well-trained eyes. Melanie King retells the astonishing story of these and many other tricks of the espionage trade, now long forgotten, through the memoirs of eight spies. Among them are British intelligence officers working undercover in France and Germany, including a former officer from the Metropolitan Police who once hunted Jack the Ripper. There is also the German Secret Service officer, codenamed Agricola, who spied on the Eastern Front, an American newspaperman and an Austrian agent who disguised himself as everything from a Jewish pedlar to a Russian officer. Drawing on the words of many of the spies themselves, Secrets in a Dead Fish is a fascinating compendium of clever and original ruses that casts new light into the murky world of espionage during the First World War.
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Grub Street Publishing Park
Book SynopsisAs commander of No. 11 Group, Fighter Command and responsible for the air defence of London and South-East England, Keith Park took charge of the day-to-day direction of the battle. In spotlighting his thoughts and actions during the crisis, Vincent Orange reveals a man whose unfailing energy, courage and cool resourcefulness won not only supreme praise from Churchill but the lasting respect and admiration of all who served under him. However, few officers in any of the services packed more action into their lives, and this book covers the whole of his career youth in New Zealand, success as an ace fighter pilot in World War I, postings to South America and Egypt, Battle of Britain, Command of the RAF in Malta 1942/43, and finally Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of SE Asia under Mountbatten in 1945. His contribution to victory and peace was immense and this biography does much to shed light on the Big Wing controversy of 1940 and give insight into the war in Burma, 1945, and how the huge problems remaining after the wars sudden end were dealt with. Drawn largely from unpublished sources and interviews with people who knew Park, and illustrated with maps and photographs, this is an authoritative biography of one of the worlds greatest unsung heroes.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd RFC RAF RNAS Schiffer Military History
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd German Flamethrower Pioneers of World War I
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Orion Publishing Co Aces Falling
Book SynopsisHow the age of the great WWI aces came to an end in the skies over the Western FrontTrade ReviewCasts fresh light on the broader canvas of the war * Daily Telegraph *a fascinating account of the rise and fall of the men who pioneered aerial combat...first-hand recollections bring the subject to life * Northern Echo *A timely book...this is a requiem for the brave men involved * Big Issue in the North *casts fresh light on the broader canvas of the war * DAILY TELEGRAPH *a fascinating account of the rise and fall of the men who pioneered aerial combat...first-hand recollections bring the subject to life * NORTHERN ECHO *A timely book...this is a requiem for the brave men involved * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *
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The History Press Ltd After the Final Whistle
Book Synopsis*Shortlisted for the 2016 Cross Sports Book of the Year award*When Britain’s empire went to war in August 1914, rugby players were the first to volunteer: they led from the front and paid a disproportionate price.Trade Review‘I was proud to lead men on the field as All Blacks skipper. I am proud and humbled to read here of rugby men of all nations who went before me, who loved the game and loved their country enough to lay down their lives.’ - Sean Fitzpatrick, former All Black captain ‘As a World Cup winner with a great grandfather who fought in this war, I was really moved by this book. To read of men who lived through hell, then in the aftermath pieced themselves together and played the first rugby World Cup in 1919, brought home to me why our game’s values, forged in adversity, are so strong.’ - Lewis Moody MBE, Rugby World Cup winner and RFU Great War Commemoration Ambassador. ‘The story of the Kings Cup in 1919 was a real discovery for me. In here is all the tragedy of war, mixed with the human triumph of the players who came through. It took my breath away to read these stories. If you want to know where the values of teamwork, discipline, respect in rugby come from, then read this.’- Maggie Alphonsi MBE, Rugby World Cup winner with England ‘A story of brave men who faced danger with true heroism; some lived to play rugby again. We can only hope to live up to their legacy.’ - Gareth Thomas, captain Wales and British & Irish Lions 'A triumph: a proper accompaniment to the rugby world cup.’- Justin Webb, journalist and BBC Radio presenter
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC British and Commonwealth War Cemeteries
Book SynopsisIn 1917 a remarkable organisation came into being. Its brief was vastly ambitious: to commemorate the 1,100,00 men of the British Empire who lost their lives in the First World War. This book looks at the history of the war graves for British and Commonwealth servicemen and women.Table of Contents?Introduction /A Great Change for the Great War /A Worldwide Task /Memorials to the Missing and the Second World War /Commemoration of the War Dead Since 1945 /An Unchanging Task in a Changing World /Further Reading /Places to Visit /Index
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Penguin Books Ltd A Dictionary of RAF Slang
Book SynopsisThe perfect stocking filler for anyone who imagines themselves flying a spitfire . . . Drop your visiting cards, put aside your beer-lever, stop being a half-pint hero and discover the gloriously funny slang which was part of everyday life in two world wars. Passion-killers: Airwomen''s service knickers, whether twilights (the lighter, summer-weight variety) or black-outs (the navy-blue winter-weights). A wise directive has purposely made them as unromantic in colour and in design as a wise directive could imagine. Thanks to the work of Eric Partridge in 1945, the hilarious slang of the Royal Air Force during the first two World Wars has been preserved for generations to come. While some phrases like ''chocks away!'' have lasted to this day, others deserve to be rediscovered . . . Beer-lever: From pub-bars, meaning the ''Joystick'' of an aircraft. Canteen cowboy: A ladies'' Trade ReviewDrop your visiting cards, put aside your beer-lever, stop being a half-pint hero and discover the gloriously funny slang which was part of everyday life in the RAF during two world wars in this classic book. * from the publisher's description *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC French Battleships 191445
Book SynopsisOn September 1, 1910, France became the last great naval power to lay down a dreadnought battleship, the Courbet. The ensuing Courbet and Bretagne-class dreadnoughts had a relatively quiet World War I, spending most of it at anchor off the entrance to the Adriatic, keeping watch over the Austro-Hungarian fleet. The constraints of the Washington Naval Treaty prevented new battleships being built until the 1930s, with the innovative Dunkerque-class and excellent Richelieu-class of battleships designed to counter new German designs. After the fall of France in 1940, the dreadnoughts and fast battleships of the Marine Nationale had the unique experience of firing against German, Italian, British, and American targets during the war. This authoritative study examines these fascinating ships, using detailed colour plates and historical photographs, taking them from their inception before World War I, through their service in World War II including the scutt
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