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Alpha Edition The Irish on the Somme: Being a Second Series of
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Alpha Edition With Our Soldiers in France
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Alpha Edition On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
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Alpha Edition Sketches of the East Africa Campaign
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Alpha Edition Mobilizing Woman-Power
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Alpha Edition The silence of Colonel Bramble
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Alpha Edition Malta: The Nurse Of The Mediterranean
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Alpha Edition The Americans in the Great War; v. 3. The
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Alpha Edition Georges Guynemer: Knight of the Air
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Alpha Edition Joffre and His Army
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£15.85
Double 9 Books Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases
Book SynopsisContaining a staggering 15,000 phrases that can be utilized in countless circumstances, 'Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases' is an instructive manual scribed by Grenville Kleiser. Categorized by subject matter, the book's meticulous arrangement ensures that the right phrase for every situation is immediately accessible. The book's inclusion of phrases concerning such diverse topics as education, social interactions, business, politics, and more make it a truly comprehensive guide. Intended for conversation, public speaking, or writing purposes, the book features a set of phrases that come with examples and definitions. With its aim to enhance communication skills, it caters to both native and non-native English speakers. Additionally, it is beneficial for the enhancement of vocabulary and writing proficiency.
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Lector House Behind The Scenes In Warring Germany
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£10.50
Snoeck Publishers Imaginary Journey Through WWI
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Leuven University Press Revival After the Great War: Rebuild, Remember,
Book SynopsisIn the months and years immediately following the First World War, the many (European) countries that had formed its battleground were confronted with daunting challenges. These challenges varied according to the country's earlier role and degree of involvement in the war but were without exception enormous. The contributors to this book analyse how this was not only a matter of rebuilding ravaged cities and destroyed infrastructure but also of rebuilding people's damaged bodies and upended daily lives, and rethinking and reforming societal, economic and political structures. These processes took place against the backdrop of mass mourning and remembrance, political violence and economic crisis. At the same time, the postwar tabula rasa offered many innovative opportunities in various areas of society, from social and political reform to architectural design. The wide scope of postwar recovery is reflected in the different sections of this book: rebuild, remember, repair, and reform. It offers insights into the postwar era in Western European countries such as Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, as well as into how those efforts were perceived outside of Europe, for instance in Argentina and the United States. Free ebook available at OAPEN Library, JSTOR and ProjectMuse Contributors: Helen Brooks (University of Kent), Dries Claeys (KU Leuven), Marisa De Picker (KU Leuven), Leen Engelen (LUCA/KU Leuven), Rajesh Heynickx (KU Leuven), John Horne (Trinity College Dublin), Maarten Liefooghe (Ghent University), Ana Paula Pires (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Richard Plunz (Columbia University), Tammy Proctor (Utah State University), Pierre Purseigle (University of Warwick), Carolina Garcia Sanz (Universidad de Sevilla), Jan Schmidt (KU Leuven), Yves Segers (KU Leuven), Marjan Sterckx (Ghent University), Maria Ines Tato (Universidad de Buenos Aires), Pieter Uyttenhove (Ghent University), Joris Vandendriessche (KU Leuven), Luc Verpoest (KU Leuven), Pieter Verstraete (KU Leuven), Volker Welter (University of California), Kaat Wils (KU Leuven)Trade ReviewTogether, the four pillars of post-war memory cover the materiality of heritage-making politics, different sources of memory, ways in which the presence of war invalids affected European societies, and how to place the war in an international institutional context. Readers will draw lessons applicable to the contemporary era―for example about war-induced forced migration and the evolution of nationalism. This rich volume should naturally be of interest to WWI historians. But beyond this obvious appeal, the book speaks to scholars in memory studies and anyone exploring commemorative landscapes and processes to better understand how the past is used to forge a future (and which/whose future).Hélène B. Ducros, EuropeNow, October 2021, https://www.europenowjournal.org/2021/10/18/october-2021/»Revival« ist der zweite Sammelband zur Kriegsbewältigung in der europäischen Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts, den der belgische Architekturhistoriker Luc Verpoest als Emeritus an der Katholieke Universiteit Leuven federführend herausgegeben hat. Stand im gemeinsam mit Nicholas Bullock publizierten Band »Living with History« aus dem Jahr 2011 der diachrone Vergleich zwischen erster und zweiter Nachkriegszeit im Vordergrund und lag der Fokus auf dem Wechselspiel aus materiellem Wiederaufbau und Denkmalschutz, fasst der nun vorliegende Sammelband seinen Gegenstand chronologisch enger, inhaltlich jedoch breiter. »Revival« steht als Oberbegriff für ein Spektrum an Phänomenen von der Anpassung materieller Gegebenheiten und physischer Zustände bis hin zu kulturellen Deutungsakten im Umgang mit den Kriegsfolgen. Der Zeitraum der Untersuchungen ist mit der Chiffre »nach dem Großen Krieg« grob abgesteckt: Er umspannt im Wesentlichen die Jahre zwischen Waffenstillstand und Ruhrkrise, wobei letztere als Zäsur der Politik- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte im hiesigen Zusammenhang ausgespart bleibt und der Waffenstillstand als ereignisgeschichtliche Wegmarke eine Nebenrolle einnimmt. Hinzu kommen substanzielle Rückgriffe auf die Zeit des Weltkriegs, die auf der richtigen Feststellung beruhen, dass Prozesse des Reparierens, des Wiederaufbauens, aber auch des Erinnerns keine alleinigen Phänomene der Nachkriegszeit waren, sondern bereits kurz nach Kriegsbeginn einsetzten.Anna Karla, Francia-Recensio, 2021 | 4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/frrec.2021.4.85144C’est donc sur un grand sujet que porte cet ouvrage collectif, issu d’un colloque organisé en mai 2018 à Louvain. De manière novatrice, les chapitres interrogent la pertinence de la dimension nationale dans l’étude des reconstructions d’après-guerre et présentent un modèle alternatif, qui lie fortement le niveau local aux efforts transnationaux (Pierre Purseigle). Outre leur étude des espaces de la guerre et de la sortie de guerre, les auteurs retravaillent aussi la question de la reconstruction pour en dévoiler les multiples aspects.Bruno Cabanes, 20 & 21. Revue d'histoire 2021/4 (N° 152), pages 181 à 212, DOI 10.3917/vin.152.0181Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionRevival After The First World War: Rebuild, Remember, Repair, Reform Luc Verpoest, Leen Engelen, Rajesh Heynickx, Jan Schmidt, Pieter Uyttenhove & Pieter Verstraete PART ONE — REBUILDCatastrophe and Reconstruction in Western Europe: The Urban Aftermath of the First World War Pierre Purseigle Reflections on Leuven as Martyred City and the Realignment of Propinquity Richard Plunz Making Good Farmers by Making Better Farms: Farmstead Architecture and Social Engineering in Belgium After the Great War Dries Claeys & Yves Segers “C’est la beauté de l’ensemble qu’il faut viser.” Notes on Changing Heritage Values of Belgian Post-World War I Reconstruction Townscapes Maarten Liefooghe Rebuilding, Recovery, Reconceptualization: Modern architecture and the First World War Volker M. Welter PART TWO — REMEMBER Reclaiming the Ordinary: Civilians Face the Post-war World Tammy M. Proctor Expressing Grief and Gratitude in an Unsettled Time Temporary First World War Memorials in Belgium Leen Engelen & Marjan Sterckx Remembering the War on the British Stage: From Resistance to Reconstruction Helen E. M. Brooks A War to Learn From: Commemorative Practices in Belgian Schools After World War l Kaat Wils PART THREE — REPAIRHigh Expectations and Silenced Realities: The Re-education of Belgian Disabled Soldiers of the Great War, 1914–1921 Pieter Verstraete and Marisa De Picker Back to work: Riccardo Galeazzi’s Work for the Mutilated Veterans of the Great War, Between German Model and Italian Approach Simonetta Polenghi Competition over Care: The Campaign for a New Medical Campus at the University of Leuven in the 1920s Joris Vandendriessche PART FOUR — REFORMAn Argentine Witness of the Occupation and Reconstruction of Belgium: The Writings of Roberto J. Payró (1918-1922) María Inés Tato The New Post-war Order from the Perspective of the Spanish Struggle for Regeneration (1918-1923) Carolina García Sanz The Act of Giving: Political Instability and the Reform(ation) of Humanitarian Responses to Violence in Portugal in the Aftermath of the First World War Ana Paula Pires Reconstruction, Reform and Peace in Europe after the First World War John Horne Bibliography List of Contributors
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Amsterdam University Press The Pursuit of Justice: The Military Moral
Book SynopsisThe Pursuit of Justice is the first book to examine three separate instances of soldiers risking their lives during wartime to protest injustices being perpetrated by military authorities: within the United States Army during the American Civil War, the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, and the British Army during World War II. Nathan Wise explores the three events in detail and reveals how-despite the vast differences in military forces, wars, regions of the world, and eras-the soldiers involved all shared a common sense of justice and responded in remarkably similar ways.Table of ContentsChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment Chapter Three: The Australian Imperial Force Chapter Four: The 50th and 51st Divisions of the British Army Chapter Five: Conclusion
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Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij Debts without Redemption: Cultural Differences in
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Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij Woodrow Wilson and the World War
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Tijdsbeeld & Piece Montee 'For Civilisation': The First World War in the
Book SynopsisThe Israeli-Palestinian question, the tensions between Turkey and Armenia, the fate of the Kurds: anyone who wants to better understand current sensitivities and power relations in the Middle East must return to their origins during and after the First World War.In 1914, war broke out in Europe, but also in the Middle East. The regime of the Young Turks sided with Germany and thus belonged to the side of the defeated in 1918. The Ottoman Empire disintegrated, and its borders were redrawn to suit the interests of Western powers.A Turkish national movement led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk continued to fight for an independent Turkey until 1923. Elsewhere, new states such as Syria, Iraq, and Transjordan were founded and placed under French or British mandate. Dissatisfaction with this state of affairs propelled several local communities into conflicts that continued to smoulder and flare up for decades, right up to the present day.In ''For Civilisation'': The First World War in the Middle East, 1914-1923, Pieter Trogh unravels this complex history together with a team of 10 specialists selected by him for their breadth of vision and special expertise.With contributions by Houssine Alloul, Djene R. Bajalan, Jonathan Conlin, Dotan Halevi, Nazan Maksudyan, Ozan Ozavci, Nick Saunders.
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Cannibal/Hannibal Publishers Last Post
Book Synopsis*A moving souvenir of Ypres in Belgium, where so many British soldiers died and were lost in Flanders Fields After the First World War, the town of Ypres was reduced to ruins. It was literally rebuilt from the ground up. The Menin Gate, was also restored; the place where tens of thousands of soldiers left for the Front, never to return. Today the Menin Gate is inscribed with the names of 55,000 soldiers from across the British Empire. It is a monument for those who fell and were forever lost, those who could not be buried. Their names are ordered hierarchically by unit and rank, but many of these men were conscripted civilians, not professional soldiers, serving their country only for the duration of the war. The Menin Gate is recent, living history and still an extremely evocative and haunting place. Thousands of men, fathers, sons, brothers...a whole generation lost, but not forgotten. Every day at 20.00 hrs, a lone bugler at the Menin Gate sounds the Last Post and the fallen are remembered. Text in English, Dutch and French
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MER Paper Kunsthalle Shooting Range: Photography & the Great War
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Unicorn Publishing Group From the Ashes: Reconstruction of Flanders Fields
Book SynopsisOnce the steel storm of the industrial war had passed, the idyllic Flanders Fields region in Belgium was left as a desolate moon landscape. The First World War had wiped dozens of villages and cities completely off the map. The fields had been destroyed by grenades, mine craters, scrap, trenches, bunkers, railways and infrastructure of the war machine. But Flanders Fields rose again, like a Phoenix from the ashes. Even before the end of the war, the first people returned to their previous homes. A traditional architecture was supposed to remove all traces from the war and restore the former beauty of the area. With the first fairs and processions from 1919 onwards, the social fabric started to heal. Pilgrims started to come from all the corners of the earth to visit the many memorials and cemeteries. By the end of the twenties the reconstruction was largely finished. It is this post-war reconstruction that continues to define the characteristics of the region to this very day. This book has been published to commemorate the centenary of the recovery as guide for iconic sites of reconstruction, thematic exhibitions, public events, and walking and cycle routes that will take you to many striking sites of the reconstruction in the Westhoek. It also contains an historical overview of the revival of a region so heavily scourged by the Great War and new insights a century on.
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Esdorn Editions My Hundred Days of War: A Malcolm MacPhail WW1
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Monsoon Books Rogue Raider: The Tale of Captain Lauterbach, the
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Midsea Books Ltd,Malta 1919 Consequences of Imperial Conceit:: Four Case
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Viella Editrice Stranieri Nemici: Nazionalismo E Politiche Di Sicurezza in Italia Durante La Prima Guerra Mondiale
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Blackstone Publishing The Sun Also Rises
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Maple Spring Publishing The German Spy in America
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Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage Company The Bookbinder
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THORNDIKE PR The Warm Hands of Ghosts
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Gale, a Cengage Group The Stolen Child
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Academic Studies Press The Shaken Lands: Violence and the Crisis of
Book SynopsisThe volume focuses on violence during the breakdown of East Central European states brought by one of the most violent periods in modern European history: from the start of the Great War in 1914 until 1923 when Europe, finally, achieved peace after a series of civil conflicts and interstate wars. The contributors offer several case studies that cover the vast region stretching from the Baltic states to Hungary. They explore different types of violence against its civilian populations with a particular focus on communal violence committed by civilians onto their neighbors. They suggest that disintegration of state power brought by the Great War was a key condition that produced violence. Yet the process of post-WWI state building was equally or more violent as nascent East Central European states institutionalized the use of violence to achieve their political agendas.Trade Review“East Central Europe was transformed by war, revolution, and the birth of nation-states after the First World War. The Shaken Lands excels by examining 1914 to 1923 as an interconnected ‘Greater War’. Combining conceptual insights with solid case studies, it suggests both national comparisons and transnational overviews of the manifold violence that shaped the entire region, including the Baltic states. It is an indispensable study in this rapidly emerging field.”— John Horne, emeritus Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin“Based on the latest scholarship and written by some of the leading historians in the field, this volume makes an outstanding contribution to a better understanding of one of the most violent periods in modern European history and the deeper historical origins of present-day conflicts such as Russia’s current war against Ukraine.” — Prof. Robert Gerwarth, University College DublinTable of ContentsAcknowledgements IntroductionTomas Balkelis and Andrea Griffante Contributors 1. The Evolution of Wartime Criminality in Lithuania, 1914–1920 Vytautas Petronis 2. War Violence and Its Representation: A Comparison of Civilian Experiences of the Great War on Both Sides of the Former Russian-German Border Vasilijus Safronovas, Vygantas Vareikis, and Hektoras Vitkus 3. The Military Pogroms in Lithuania, 1919–1920 Darius Staliūnas 4. Scandinavian Volunteers as Perpetrators of Violence and Crime in the Estonian War of Independence Mart Kuldkepp5. The Rich and the (In)famous: Social Conflicts and Paramilitary Violence in Hungary during the Counterrevolution, 1921–1923 Béla Bodó 6. The Polish Central Government, Regional Authorities, and Local Paramilitaries during the Battle for the Western Borderlands, 1918–1921 Jochen Böhler7. Eisenbahnfeldzug: Railway War in East Central EuropeMaciej Górny 8. Beyond Comparison? The Challenges of Applying Comparative Historical Research to ViolenceJulia Eichenberg
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Post Hill Press Mother of Bourbon
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