First World War Books
Hodder Education Britain and the Great War a depth study
Book SynopsisStretch and challenge your students with SHP''s longest-lived and best-selling series for GCSE History.This is an SHP Official Text which means it has been created by the Schools History Project for use with the GCSE specifications. This is part of SHP''s comprehensive and authoritative range of books for GCSE level specifications. Click here to find out more about the Schools History Project and their award winning publications.Britain and the Great War This title is a comprehensive and authoritative depth study for use with all GCSE level specifications. It thoroughly covers the content requirements of the OCR, Edexcel, AQA and CIE specifications using an enquiry-based approach. It is also a popular international text being widely used in Australia.It is written by experts who understand both how to design good teaching material but also understand the exact assessment requirements of each specification. The Student''s Book combines:- Clear explanation of specification content- Classroom-trialled activities that really motivate students- Extensive and intriguing source material and case studies It will enliven any history course.
£32.47
Pluto Press A Peoples History of the German Revolution
Book SynopsisA myth-busting popular history of the German Revolution focusing on the roles of women, workers and ordinary peopleTrade Review'An excellent work with the focus on the grassroots out of which developed the revolutionary mass movements of the sailors and workers bringing peace and democracy to Germany' -- Ottokar Luban, International Rosa Luxemburg Society'A rigourous analysis and narrative history of the working class in a place and time where the idea of the emancipation of humanity was a real possibility' -- Raquel Varela, Labor Historian, New University of Lisbon, IISG Honorary FellowTable of ContentsForeword by Mario Kessler Introduction: What German Revolution? 1. Industrialization and the Emergence of the German Working Class 2. The Rise of Popular Radicalism 3. War, Suffering and Resistance 4. The Road to the November Revolution 5. The Kaiser Goes, the Generals Remain 6. Provocation, Revolt and Repression 7. Women in the War and the Revolution 8. Death Agony of the Revolution Conclusion Notes Index
£72.25
Edinburgh University Press Healing the Nation
Book SynopsisExplores how the Great War influenced the construction of identity and nationalism in the Ottoman Empire. This book broadens the discussion of nationalism to include both ideological and biological factors. It explores the social, demographic, psychological and medical impact of the Great War on the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey.
£27.54
The History Press Ltd Great War Britain Oxfordshire Remembering 191418
Book SynopsisThe First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Oxfordshire offers an intimate portrayal of the county and its people living in the shadowof the 'war to end all wars'.
£999.99
The History Press Ltd Great War Britain Tyneside Remembering 191418
Book SynopsisFirst World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Tyneside offers an intimate portrayal of the area and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd First World War Folk Tales
Book SynopsisFrom 2014 to 2018, people all over the world will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. First World War Folk Tales is a very special collection of legends and folk tales from the First World War era.
£9.49
The History Press Ltd Great War Britain Shropshire Remembering 191418
Book SynopsisThe First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Shropshire offers an intimate portrayal of the county and its people living in the shadow of the ''war to end all wars''. A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on local children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front; and concludes with a chapter dedicated to how the city and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of Shropshire is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated through evocative images from the archives of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.
£999.99
The History Press Ltd Great War Britain Norfolk Remembering 191418
Book SynopsisThe First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Norfolk offers an intimate portrayal of the county and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war;
£9.49
The History Press Ltd Great War Britain Hull and the Humber Remembering
Book SynopsisThe First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain Hull & the Humber offers an intimate portrayal of the city and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'.
£12.34
The History Press Ltd Great War Britain Derby Remembering 191418
Book SynopsisThe First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Derby offers an intimate portrayal of the city and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars . A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on local children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front; and concludes with a chapter dedicated to how the city and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of Derby is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated through evocative images from the archives of Derby Museums.
£12.34
The History Press Ltd Great War Britain Guildford Remembering 191418
Book SynopsisThe First World War claimed more than 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Guildford offers an intimate portrayal of the town and its people living in the shadow of the ''war to end all wars''. A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on local children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front, and concludes with a chapter dedicated to how the town and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of Guildford is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated through evocative images from the author''s collection and from the archives of The Guildford Institute.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Great War Britain London Remembering 191418
Book SynopsisThe First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: London offers an in-depth portrait of the capital and its people during the ''war to end all wars''. It describes the reaction to the war''s outbreak; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; shares many first-hand experiences, including tales of the Zeppelin raids and anti-German riots of the era; examines the work of local hospitals; and explores how the capital and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime. Vividly illustrated with evocative images from the newspapers of the day, it commemorates the extraordinary bravery and sacrifice of London''s residents between 1914 and 1918.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Great War Britain Northampton Remembering 191418
Book SynopsisThe First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Northampton offers an intimate portrayal of the town and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Sepoys in the Trenches
Book SynopsisFour days after war was declared, an Indian corps of two infantry divisions and a cavalry brigade was ordered to embark for the Western Front. Clad in in tropical uniforms, those men endured one of the bitterest winters on record and fought in every major battle of the next two years. In a country they had never seen, against an enemy of whom they knew little and in a cause that was not their own, they served for the honour of their country and their regiments. Sepoys in the Trenches draws upon a mass of unpublished sources and extensive interviews by the author in India and Nepal.
£15.29
The History Press Ltd A Signallers War
Book SynopsisAs the First World War roared into its second year, 17-year-old Lawrence Ellis marched into his recruitment office and signed up, eager to fight for King and Country. A Signaller’s War includes a poignant selection of Ellis’ images, portraying the conditions, experiences and hopes of the common soldier in the trenches of the Western Front.
£18.00
The History Press Ltd Heroes of World War I
Book SynopsisThese are the stories of fourteen men whose lives were changed the day that telegram arrived. When they were called to arms they became soldiers, sailors and airmen, fighting in the mud of the trenches, navigating the high seas or flying in the very first aerial war.
£9.49
The History Press Ltd The Somme
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1964, this is a critically acclaimed classic history of the military engagements of the Somme that raged from July to November 1916. In addition to the key confrontations, Farrar-Hockley provides a detailed background to the Somme planning and why it failed with dreadful casualties.Trade Review'How catastrophic the affair was is admirably illustrated by Colonel Farrar-Hockley's round-by-round account' - New Statesman * New Statesman *'An authoritative and compassionate study' * The Sunday Times *
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Great War Britain Liverpool Remembering 191418
Book SynopsisA moving account of Liverpool during the First World War, revealing what it was really like for those who lived through it
£13.49
The History Press Ltd The Stroud Valleys in the Great War
Book SynopsisThe Stroud Valleys in the Great War
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Great War Britain Manchester Remembering 191418
Book SynopsisThe Great War story of Manchester is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated with evocative images.
£12.34
The History Press Ltd Churchill
Book SynopsisA long overdue reassessment of the part Churchill played in WWII, and how his actions really affected those he led
£23.75
The History Press Ltd A Tangled Web Mata Hari
Book SynopsisIn this new biography, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of her execution, Mata Hari is revealed in all of her flawed eccentricity; a woman whose adult life was a fantastical web of lies and half-truths.
£10.44
The History Press Ltd The Leeds Pals
Book SynopsisThe first book to look holistically at the Leeds Pals and re-evaluate their place in history.
£15.29
The History Press Ltd Before Bletchley Park
Book SynopsisA fully revised and updated account of the author's acclaimed book Inside Room 40
£19.00
The History Press Ltd Cavalry of the Clouds
Book SynopsisIn 1917, David Lloyd George declared that airmen were ''the cavalry of the clouds the knighthood of this war '' This romantic image was fostered post-war by writers of adventure stories and the stunts of Hollywood filmmakers, and yet it was far from the harsh reality of life of an airman. From their baptism of fire in 1914 carrying out reconnaissance and experiencing the first dogfights, to the breakthrough in 1918 which claimed heavy casualties, the aerial defenders of Britain were continually tested. In Cavalry of the Clouds John Sweetman describes the development of British air power during the First World War on the Western Front, which culminated in the creation of the first independent air force, the RAF. By making use of the correspondence of airmen and ground staff of all nationalities, he illustrates the impact this new type of conflict had on those involved and their families at home. Extensively researched, Cavalry of the Clouds is an essential referTrade Review'This is undoubtedly the best brief history of the Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front. Beautifully researched, it has a fine grasp of detail and shows deep understanding of the context in which these young men risked - and so often lost - their lives.' -- Professor Richard Holmes CBE TD
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Tea with Hitler
Book SynopsisA revelatory look at how the British royal family became divided by two world wars
£999.99
The History Press Ltd Scottish Voices from the Great War
Book SynopsisScotland''s response to the Great War has, up until now, largely been marginalized or ignored. With a proportionally higher number of volunteers than any other home nation, Scotland''s youth played a significant part in Britain''s war effort. Here is the first study of Scotland''s response to the call to arms; the true story behind the raising, the training, life in the trenches and the sacrifices faced by those battalions raised in Scotland. This book focuses on the experiences of those who served in the Scottish divisions. Charting the course of emotions from initial enthusiasm in August 1914 through to outright disillusionment with the continuation of the war in 1917, the author clearly shows how life at the front line produced both physical and emotional changes in those caught up in the horrors of trench warfare.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd A Bloody Picnic Tommys Humour 191418
Book SynopsisOne of the crucial factors which kept Tommy going on the Western Front was his facility to see what was comic in the horror, deprivation and discomfort of trench warfare, an attitude which blossomed further in the rest areas behind the lines. The nature of the comedy ranged from gentle irony to a rougher hilarity that produced on belly laughs. Such laughter could arise from extreme physical pain and discomfort, from the provision of sustenance and from matters relating to dress, equipment and weapons. A further source of fun was bizarre events not dissimilar to situation comedy and pantomime. Moreover, a whole culture of humour surrounded Tommy's words and songs, and many trench pets cats, dogs, horses, goats, even rats were in on the joke in one way or another. Nor was it only the British soldiers who managed to find something to laugh about in the trenches the Germans could sometimes see the funny side as well. A Bloody Picnic provides an unusual perspective on how soliders coped with the grim realities of the First World War.
£9.49
The History Press Ltd London Taxis at War
Book SynopsisAlf Townsend is a London cabbie with nearly fifty years'' experience. In his new book, he gathers together for the first time the complete history of London''s cabs in wartime - not just in the Second World War when cabs were converted for other uses (firefighting, ambulances, armoured personnel carriers, etc), but also in the First World War, when the cabbies had to endure hundreds of zeppelin attacks by night. With over 90 photographs supporting Alf''s usual lively and readable text, this book is sure to reveal a hitherto unknown aspect of the capital in wartime.
£9.49
The History Press Ltd Ruislip Eastcote and Northwood During the First
Book SynopsisRichly illustrated, and with full details of the lives, and deaths, of each of the local men who fell during the conflict, it commemorates the magnificent sacrifice and the unbreakable spirit of the residents of Hillingdon during one of the greatest conflicts the world has ever seen.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Remembering Tommy The British Soldier in the
Book SynopsisThe British soldier of the Great War has been depicted in many books. Recently, military historians have presented an alternative picture, a picture in which the hopelessness of the First World War is given new life and purpose.
£21.25
The History Press Ltd The First World War in 100 Objects
Book SynopsisThey bear witness to the stories of men whose only morning comfort in the trenches was the rum ration, children who grew up with only one photograph of the father that they would never get to know, women who would sacrifice their girlhood in hospitals yards from the frontline, pinning a brooch on to remind themselves of a past life.
£21.25
The History Press Ltd From Gaza to Jerusalem
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive history one of the most successful British campaigns of the First World War
£19.00
University of British Columbia Press The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Nav
Book SynopsisThe Halifax Explosion of 1917 is a defining event in the Canadian consciousness; this title offers a sustained analytical history of the disaster, using the large federal government archives that contain first-hand accounts and the response of the national authorities.Trade ReviewArmstrong’s account and analysis adds considerably to our knowledge not only of the explosion, but also of the influence of the media, and the concerns of Ottawa. Having spent years in the latter as an official historian, the author has had first-hand knowledge of how covers-up work. -- Robin Highman * American Review of Canadian Studies, Winter 2005 *While the disaster has been subject of several popular histories, until now, the event has not been given the detailed scholarly study required to sweep away myth and provide an accurate account of what took place. John Griffith Armstrong has undertaken the first such academic work, and it is a very good study indeed. Armstrong’s focus is the role of the Royal Canadian and Royal navies in the events leading up to the explosion, its aftermath, and the investigations that followed. By shifting the attention of the reader away from the calamity that befell the city, Armstrong has provided a remarkable fresh look into the explosion. -- David Zimmermann, University of Victoria * International Journal, Summer 2005 *Table of ContentsIllustrationsForeword / J.L. GranatsteinAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Through Sailors’ Eyes1 The RCN in Halifax -- December 19172 Towards the Unthinkable3 Halifax Tide4 Through the Grim Day5 Reaction and Recovery6 Of Sailors, Lawyers, Goats, and Newspapers7 Goats to the Slaughter8 Covering the TracksNotesBibliographyIndex
£23.39
University of British Columbia Press Fighting from Home
Book SynopsisIn Verdun, English and French speakers lived side by side. Through their home-front activities as much as through enlistment, they proved themselves partners in the prosecution of Canada's war. Shared experiences and class similarities shaped responses based first and foremost in a sense of local identity.Fighting from Home paints a comprehensive, at times intimate, portrait of Verdun and Verdunites at war. Durflinger offers an innovative interpretive approach to wartime Canadian and Quebec social and cultural dynamics. It will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the Canadian home front during the Second World War.Trade Review"Fighting from Home is an essential contribution to Canadian military and social history. It very successfully reveals the heartfelt response of one community to a time of great challenge. Serge Durfinger's innovative work transforms this story of ordinary people in wartime into a nuanced analysis that will strike a chord with a broad audience." - Roch Legault, author of La Premiere Guerre Mondiale et le Canada: Contributions sociomilitaires quebecoises"Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Studying War at the Local Level1 Forging a Community2 Once More into the Breach3 City Hall Goes to War4 The People’s Response5 Institutions and Industry6 Family and Social Dislocation7 The Political War8 Peace and ReconstructionConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Crisis of Conscience
Book SynopsisThe First World War's appalling death toll and the need for a sense of equality of sacrifice on the home front led to Canada's first experience of overseas conscription. While historians have focused on resistance to enforced military service in Quebec, this has obscured the important role of those who saw military service as incompatible with their religious or ethical beliefs. Crisis of Conscience is the first and only book about the Canadian pacifists who refused to fight in the Great War. The experience of these conscientious objectors offers insight into evolving attitudes about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship during a key period of Canadian nation building.Trade ReviewShaw's mammoth research has produced a well-written study that looks at the conscientious objectors (COs) created by Canada's Military Service Act of 1917. Summing Up: Recommended. -- J. L. Granatstein, Emeritus, Canadian War Museum * CHOICE, December 2009 Vol. 47 No. 04 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 The Responsibilities of Citizenship: Conscientious Objection and the Government2 Days of Anxiety: Conscientious Objection within the Historic Peace Churches3 An Insidious Enemy within the Gates: Objection among the Smaller Sects4 Exemption from Religion on Religious Grounds: Conscientious Objection outside Pacifist Denominations5 Holier than Thou: Images of Conscientious ObjectorsConclusionAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Veterans with a Vision Canadas War Blinded in
Book SynopsisIlluminates the challenges faced by Canada’s war-blinded veterans and outlines the history of the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of War Blinded, an advocacy group for all Canadian veterans and blind citizens.Trade ReviewVeterans with a Vision is a must read for historians interested in the social impact of war on Canadian society. It is well written, thoroughly researched, soundly organized, and poignantly relevant as Canada prepares to rehabilitate a new generation of veterans in the post-Afghanistan era. -- Alex Souchen, University of Western Ontario * Canadian Military History Journal *Durflinger successfully illustrates the important contributions made by war blinded veterans to the creation of national institutions and celebrates the men who achieved personal success in spite of their disability. In spite of minor reservations, Veterans with a Vision makes important contributions to the field of veterans’ studies, the development of the Canadian state, and will be a useful work for scholars of twentieth century Canada. -- Brian MacDowall, York University * Historire sociale - Social History, Vol. XLV, No 89 *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 Canada’s First War Blinded, 1899-19182 The Sir Arthur Pearson Club of War Blinded Soldiers and Sailors, 1919-293 The Years of Struggle, 1930-394 Rehabilitating the Blinded Casualties of the Second World War, 1939-505 Older and Wiser: Canada’s War Blinded in the Aftermath of War, 1945-706 Twilight, 1971-2002ConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Death or Deliverance
Book SynopsisSoldiers found guilty of desertion or cowardice during the Great War faced death by firing squad. Novels, histories, movies, and television series often depict courts martial as brutal and inflexible, and social memories of this system of frontline justice have inspired modern movements to seek pardons for soldiers executed on the battlefield.In this revealing look at military law in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Teresa Iacobelli brings to light not only the trials of 25 Canadian soldiers who were executed but also the untold cases of 197 men sentenced to death but spared. Looking beyond stories of callous generals and quick executions, Iacobelli reveals a disciplinary system capable of thoughtful review and compassion for the individual soldier.Published to coincide with the centennial anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, Death or Deliverance reconsiders an important and unexamined chapter in the history of both a war and a nation.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Competing Ideologies2 Military Law: An Overview3 The Crimes4 The Court Martial Process5 The Confirmation Process6 The Campaign for PardonsConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
£69.70
University of British Columbia Press Unwanted Warriors
Book SynopsisUnwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada's first casualties of the Great War men who tried to enlist but were deemed unfit for service by medical examiners. Condemned as shirkers for not being in uniform, rejected volunteers faced severe ostracism. Nagging guilt, coupled with self-doubt about their social and physical worth, led many of these men to divorce themselves from society ... or worse.Nic Clarke draws on the service files of 3,400 rejected volunteers to examine the deleterious effects that socially constructed norms of health and fitness had on individual men and Canadian society. He considers the mechanics of the military medical examination, the psychical and psychological characteristics that the authorities believed made a fighting man, and how evaluations changed as the war dragged on. He also brings to light the experiences of those who deliberately claimed disability to avoid service a minority within the large population of rejected volunteTrade Review...highly recommended for students of the Great War. -- Mark Humphries, Wilfred Laurier University * Canadian Military History, Vol 27, Issue 2 *In Nic Clarke’s well-researched and well-written Unwanted Warriors: The Rejected Volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the historian at the Canadian War Museum has provided his readers with an illuminating study pertaining to Canada and the First World War based largely on previously unexamined sources … Clarke provides his readers with a new way of looking at recruitment, loyalty, duty, casualties, and conscription in Canada between 1914 and 1919. -- Jordan A.S. Chase * Ontario History *This book is an interesting and very worthy addition to World War I historiography. -- Peter L. Belmonte, author of Forgotten Soldiers of World War I: America’s Immigrant Doughboys * Army History, No. 109 *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Grading Blocks of Meat: The Fit and the Unfit2 No Longer Cause for Rejection3 An Imperfect System4 Clashing Concepts of Fitness5 Not Visibly Different: Describing the Rejected6 Uncounted Casualties: The Costs of Rejection7 Claiming Disability to Avoid Military ServiceConclusionAppendices, Notes, Bibliography
£23.39
University of British Columbia Press Unwanted Warriors
Book SynopsisUnwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada's first casualties of the Great War men who tried to enlist but were deemed unfit for service by medical examiners. Condemned as shirkers for not being in uniform, rejected volunteers faced severe ostracism. Nagging guilt, coupled with self-doubt about their social and physical worth, led many of these men to divorce themselves from society ... or worse.Nic Clarke draws on the service files of 3,400 rejected volunteers to examine the deleterious effects that socially constructed norms of health and fitness had on individual men and Canadian society. He considers the mechanics of the military medical examination, the psychical and psychological characteristics that the authorities believed made a fighting man, and how evaluations changed as the war dragged on. He also brings to light the experiences of those who deliberately claimed disability to avoid service a minority within the large population of rejected volunteTrade Review...highly recommended for students of the Great War. -- Mark Humphries, Wilfred Laurier University * Canadian Military History, Vol 27, Issue 2 *In Nic Clarke’s well-researched and well-written Unwanted Warriors: The Rejected Volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the historian at the Canadian War Museum has provided his readers with an illuminating study pertaining to Canada and the First World War based largely on previously unexamined sources … Clarke provides his readers with a new way of looking at recruitment, loyalty, duty, casualties, and conscription in Canada between 1914 and 1919. -- Jordan A.S. Chase * Ontario History *This book is an interesting and very worthy addition to World War I historiography. -- Peter L. Belmonte, author of Forgotten Soldiers of World War I: America’s Immigrant Doughboys * Army History, No. 109 *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Grading Blocks of Meat: The Fit and the Unfit2 No Longer Cause for Rejection3 An Imperfect System4 Clashing Concepts of Fitness5 Not Visibly Different: Describing the Rejected6 Uncounted Casualties: The Costs of Rejection7 Claiming Disability to Avoid Military ServiceConclusionAppendices, Notes, Bibliography
£61.50
University of British Columbia Press This Small Army of Women Canadian Volunteer
Book SynopsisThis Small Army of Women restores a forgotten contingent of nursing volunteers to the historical record, showcasing their dedication amid the carnage of war and their sometimes uneasy relationship with nursing professionals.Trade ReviewLinda J Quiney’s This Small Army of Women documents the Canadian and Newfoundland volunteer nurses in WW1. The book is an interesting mix of facts, figures and analysis, interspersed with personal stories of these Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses – VADs. This Small Army of Women is another good addition to the recent scholarship on the role of medical women in the war. * Great War 100 Reads *Linda Quiney has written a carefully researched, lively, and accessible book. Both historians and general readers will value its compelling story of a group of courageous women whose accomplishments have been largely neglected in histories of the First World War. -- Mark J. Crowley, Harvard University * Michigan War Review Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 This Ardent Band of Ladies: Birth of the Canadian VAD Movement2 Enthusiastic and Anxious: Mobilizing the Voluntary Nursing Service3 Every Woman Is a Nurse: Framing the Image of the VAD4 No Time for Sentiment: Making a Useful Contribution5 Saying Goodbye: Forgetting, Remembering, and Moving OnConclusionAppendicesNotes; Bibliography; Index
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Engaging the Line
Book SynopsisFor decades, people living in adjacent communities along the CanadaUS border enjoyed close social and economic relationships with their neighbours across the line. The introduction of new security measures during the First World War threatened this way of life by restricting the movement of people and goods across the border. Many Canadians resented the new regulations introduced by their provincial and federal governments, deriding them as outside influences that created friction where none had existed before. Engaging the Line examines responses to wartime regulations in several border communities, including Windsor, Ontario; Detroit, Michigan; and White Rock, British Columbia. This book brings to life the repercussions for these communities and offers readers a glimpse at the origins of our modern, highly secured border by tracing the shifting relationship between citizens and the state during wartime.Trade ReviewFor residents of Windsor, the entire border-crossing experience had changed dramatically since 1914, when immigration authorities limited their interrogations to visible and undesirable racial groups, criminals, prostitutes, and people with obvious mental and physical illnesses. Now a fifth-generation Anglo-Saxon Windsor resident with family living in Ypsilanti and a job in downtown Detroit could expect the same kind of attention. All of this, of course, was designed to ensure that Canadian men of military age did their duty and to keep the people of Windsor – by that point witnesses to the work of Detroit-based enemy terrorists – safe from German American raiders and saboteurs. * From Chapter 2 of Engaging the Line *Engaging the Line is a significant contribution to North American border studies. It reveals that the intensity of Canadian nationalism varied by location, which in turn indicates Canada’s differing regional histories and diversity and duration of settler experience. Its exploration of the regional nuances of “crossing culture” also adds to our understanding of the impact of war on the home front. -- Keith Regular * The Ormsby Review *Engaging the Line blends political, social, and cultural history in order to assess how global developments in the first decades of the twentieth century reshaped the boundary and relationship between the USA and Canada. -- Holly M. Karibo, Oklahoma State University * International Journal *Engaging The Line is a smart, crisp account of the First World War’s impact on border life. The topic is not merely timely but compelling … Engaging The Line is likeable and meticulously researched, a warm account of an era we left behind. -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan1 “Brothers Once More”: Relations between Windsor and Detroit2 “Part and Parcel”: Administering the Windsor-Detroit BorderPart 2: St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and Calais, Maine3 The “Ties that Bind”: Relations between St. Stephen and Calais4 “A Very Convenient Arrangement”: Administering the St. Stephen–Calais BorderPart 3: White Rock, British Columbia, and Blaine, Washington5 “God Save the King”: Relations between White Rock and Blaine6 Booze and Bandits: Administering the White Rock–Blaine BorderConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Engaging the Line
Book SynopsisFor decades, people living in adjacent communities along the CanadaUS border enjoyed close social and economic relationships with their neighbours across the line. The introduction of new security measures during the First World War threatened this way of life by restricting the movement of people and goods across the border. Many Canadians resented the new regulations introduced by their provincial and federal governments, deriding them as outside influences that created friction where none had existed before. Engaging the Line examines responses to wartime regulations in several border communities, including Windsor, Ontario; Detroit, Michigan; and White Rock, British Columbia. This book brings to life the repercussions for these communities and offers readers a glimpse at the origins of our modern, highly secured border by tracing the shifting relationship between citizens and the state during wartime.Trade ReviewFor residents of Windsor, the entire border-crossing experience had changed dramatically since 1914, when immigration authorities limited their interrogations to visible and undesirable racial groups, criminals, prostitutes, and people with obvious mental and physical illnesses. Now a fifth-generation Anglo-Saxon Windsor resident with family living in Ypsilanti and a job in downtown Detroit could expect the same kind of attention. All of this, of course, was designed to ensure that Canadian men of military age did their duty and to keep the people of Windsor – by that point witnesses to the work of Detroit-based enemy terrorists – safe from German American raiders and saboteurs. * From Chapter 2 of Engaging the Line *Engaging the Line is a significant contribution to North American border studies. It reveals that the intensity of Canadian nationalism varied by location, which in turn indicates Canada’s differing regional histories and diversity and duration of settler experience. Its exploration of the regional nuances of “crossing culture” also adds to our understanding of the impact of war on the home front. -- Keith Regular * The Ormsby Review *Engaging the Line blends political, social, and cultural history in order to assess how global developments in the first decades of the twentieth century reshaped the boundary and relationship between the USA and Canada. -- Holly M. Karibo, Oklahoma State University * International Journal *Engaging The Line is a smart, crisp account of the First World War’s impact on border life. The topic is not merely timely but compelling … Engaging The Line is likeable and meticulously researched, a warm account of an era we left behind. -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan1 “Brothers Once More”: Relations between Windsor and Detroit2 “Part and Parcel”: Administering the Windsor-Detroit BorderPart 2: St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and Calais, Maine3 The “Ties that Bind”: Relations between St. Stephen and Calais4 “A Very Convenient Arrangement”: Administering the St. Stephen–Calais BorderPart 3: White Rock, British Columbia, and Blaine, Washington5 “God Save the King”: Relations between White Rock and Blaine6 Booze and Bandits: Administering the White Rock–Blaine BorderConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press Capturing Hill 70
Book SynopsisIn August 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Hill 70, a vital piece of ground just north of the French industrial town of Lens. The Canadians suffered some 5,400 casualties and defeated three days of determined German counter attacks. This spectacularly successful but shockingly costly battle was as innovative as Vimy, yet only a handful of Canadians have heard of it or of subsequent attempts to capture Lens, which resulted in nearly 3,300 more casualties. In Capturing Hill 70, leading military historians mark the centenary of this triumph by dissecting different facets of the battle, from planning and the conduct of operations to long-term repercussions and commemoration.This richly illustrated and thought-provoking book reinstates Hill 70 to its rightful place among the pantheon of battles that helped forge the reputation of the famed Canadian Corps during the First World War, and it sheds new light on the key role played by Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie, whoTrade ReviewThis new book, which chronicles the battle from its inception to its aftermath, asks two questions: Why was this small piece of ground so important, and how is it that now, a century later, almost no one remembers it? … Whatever the reason for Hill 70’s lack of recognition these days, this insightful, broad-ranging book ought to change that. It’s very hard to read it without thinking: This is an incredible story, and how is it possible I’ve never heard it until now? -- David Pitt * The Chronicle Herald (Halifax) *Capturing Hill 70: Canada’s Forgotten Battle of the First World War is a thought provoking book worthy of attention. By casting new light on this important battle and offering new perspectives on the leadership of Arthur Currie and the operations Canadian Corps, it makes an important contribution to our understanding of an important period of Canadian military history. -- Major John R. Grodzinski, Royal Military College of Canada * Canadian Military Journal, Vol. 17 No. 1, November 2016 *…Hill 70 should gain the recognition it deserves as the first battle in the First World War planned, executed, and fought by Canadians…While taking nothing away from the accomplishment of Canadian arms at Vimy Ridge, Capturing Hill 70 puts these watershed 1917 battles into a detailed perspective…with the excellent collection of essays that comprise Capturing Hill 70. There is no romance here — only pragmatic efficiency in getting the job done in the Canadian way. -- Chris Arnett * Ormsby Review, February 2017 *City of Water paints a much more comprehensive picture of the role and effects of water in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century city than other urban river histories have. -- Michele Dagenais * The Canadian Historical Review *…Capturing Hill 70 has provided Canadians with a multi-faceted, impressively researched, and balanced account of the bloody engagements undertaken in August 1917…[it] succeeds in elevating the engagement to its proper position, provides a comprehensive account of what happened and why, and opens many avenues for future research. -- Patrick Brennan, University of Calgary * Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Vol. 17 No. 3, Winter 2016 *The editors and contributors are to be congratulated on producing a stimulating and thoughtful book that is a fitting tribute to the Canadians who fought and died to capture Hill 70, and that will hopefully be a precursor for further studies of other neglected Great War battles. -- Simon Innes-Robbins, Imperial War Museums * Canadian Journal of History *
£999.99
University of British Columbia Press The Empire on the Western Front
Book SynopsisFocusing on developments at the divisional level in Britain and Canada, The Empire on the Western Front casts a critical eye on how the British Empire transformed unseasoned volunteers into battle-ready soldiers for the Western Front.Trade ReviewGeoffrey Jackson is to be congratulated for his efforts. The Empire on the Western Front is recommended reading for anyone interested in Great War history. -- Major Jim D. Barrett * The Ormsby Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Raising and Training the DivisionsPart 1: Forging Fighting Forces2 The 4th and the 62nd Divisions: First Months in Line3 The 62nd Division: Second Bullecourt and Aftermath4 The 4th Division: Road to Vimy5 The 4th Division: Lens and Passchendaele6 The 62nd Division: Road to BourlonPart 2: The Final Year7 The 62nd Division: Training and Fighting8 The 62nd Division: The Hundred Days9 The 4th Division in 1918: Towards the Hundred DaysConclusion: Producing Combat-Capable BEF Divisions in WartimeAppendix: Orders of Battle for 62nd and 4th DivisionsNotes; Bibliography; Index
£999.99
University of British Columbia Press For Home and Empire
Book SynopsisFor Home and Empire is the first book to compare voluntary wartime mobilization across the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand home fronts. As communities organized to raise recruits or donate funds, their efforts strengthened communal bonds, but they also reinforced class, race, and gender boundaries. Which jurisdiction should provide for a soldier's wife if she moved from Hobart to northern Tasmania? Should Welsh women in Vancouver purchase comforts for local soldiers or for Welsh soldiers in the British Army? Should Maori volunteers enlist with their home regiment or with a separate battalion? Voluntary efforts reflected how community members understood their relationship to one another, to their dominion, and to the Empire. Steve Marti examines the motives and actions of those involved in the voluntary war effort, applying the framework of settler colonialism to reveal the geographical and social divides that separated communities as they organized for war.Trade ReviewSteve Marti’s lively and informative monograph For Home and Empire: Voluntary Mobilization in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand during the First World War will be a worthwhile addition to the reading list of anyone interested in understanding the impact of the Great War on the British Empire. -- Patrick H. Brennan * Canadian Journal of History *Marti weaves together multiple strands of historiography to present fresh insights into the wartime societies of Australia, New Zealand and Canada...[his] level of detail and meticulously supported arguments offer little room for critique. -- Jordan Beavis, University of Newcastle, Australia * Canadian Military History *Marti’s research is impressive and suggestive, and the comparative approach will add substantially to further efforts to understand the Great War in the British Dominions. -- J.L. Grantastein * CHOICE Connect *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Dominion over War: Local Volunteers, Dominion Mobilization, and the Imperial War Effort2 Hands across the Sea: Greater Britain, New France, and the Ties to Home and Homeland3 Far from Home: Race and the Boundaries of Communal Mobilization4 Aliens or Allies: Southern and Eastern European Immigrants and the Bonds of Military Service5 As Obsolete as the Buffalo and the Tomahawk: Assimilation, Autonomy, and the Mobilization of Indigenous CommunitiesConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Portraits of Battle
Book SynopsisAll Canadians are taught about Vimy Ridge. But that celebrated victory was just one battle among many to shape the country's experience of the First World War.Portraits of Battle brings together biography, battle accounts, and historiographical analysis to examine the lives of a cross-section of Canadians who served in the war. Contributors to this thoughtful collection consider the range of Canadians touched by war soldiers and their loved ones, deserters, nurses, Indigenous people, those injured in body or mind raising fundamental questions about the nature of conflict and memory.These portraits of the formerly faceless men and women honoured on war memorials fill in what is often missing from accounts of the Great War. In the process, they provide a more nuanced perspective on the complex legacy of that war in Canadian history.Trade Review"Portraits of Battle presents the past as a complex lived experience: a story of people from a broad range of backgrounds wrestling with their own notions of service, community, and sacrifice." -- Marc Milner, University of New Brunswick. * University of Toronto Quarterly. *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Peter Farrugia1 The View from Above: A Canadian Pilot in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette / Graham Broad2 “When Told to Advance, They Advanced”: War Culture and the CEF / Jonathan F. Vance3 The Voiceless Dead: Francis Jenkins, Regina Trench, and Living and Dying on the Western Front / Kyle Falcon4 “Going over the Ground Again”: Major Samuel Bothwell, 1st CMR, and Vimy Ridge / Peter Farrugia5 Soldier or Ward? Hill 70 and the Lived Experience of Private Wilfred Lickers / Evan J. Habkirk6 Talbot Papineau: The Life and Death of an Imperial Man / Geoffrey Hayes7 Fallen Sisters: Gender, Military Service, and Death in Canada’s First World War / Sarah Glassford8 Religion and the Great War: The Canadian Experience / Gordon L. Heath9 Replacing Leaders: Lieutenant Roy Duplissie and the Hundred Days Campaign from the D-Q to the Marcoing Line / Lee Windsor10 “Scars upon My Heart”: Arnold and Clarence Westcott, Brothers and Soldiers / Cynthia Comacchio11 Desertion and Punishment in the CEF during the 100 Days / Teresa IacobelliConclusion / Peter FarrugiaSelect Bibliography; Index
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Cornell University Press Reputation and International Politics
Book SynopsisBy approaching an important foreign policy issue from a new angle, Jonathan Mercer comes to a startling, controversial discovery: a nation's reputation is not worth fighting for.Trade ReviewA book full of fascinating and suggestive insights into the cognitive processes relevant to international relations. -- Steve Rosen * American Political Science Review *Mercer's argument is a welcome addition to the theoretical literature because it represents the first clear statement of a non-rational, choice-based theory of reputations. -- Paul Huth * Security Studies *Mercer's startling challenge to accepted wisdom deserves wide attention. -- Patrick Morgan * The Mershon Review *This imaginative and provocative book is an important contribution to a long-neglected question and is essential reading for any historian or international relations theorist interested in the role of reputation in international politics. -- Jack Levy * International History Review *This excellent book is well written, detailed, and thought-provoking. * Choice *
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