First World War Books
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The RAF and Tribal Control Airpower and
Book SynopsisTells the story of the forgotten airmen, the RAF special service officers who, embedded among local populations and indigenous tribes, collected vital intelligence, developed targets, directed air strikes when necessary, and, perhaps most important, provided personal assessments of airpower's qualitative effects against primarily guerrilla forces.Trade ReviewThis is a unique and insightful study that cleverly illuminates the historical role of Royal Air Force special service officers: courageous, highly trained men posted to remote and out-of-the-way locations who acted as the conduits for communication and insight between the colonial administration and the tribesmen and who delivered appropriate and timely actionable intelligence. Newton uncovers the little-known nonlethal aspects of air control and its growing sophistication in understanding the nature of the environment. This is an excellent, well-timed, and authoritative book with clear contemporary utility." - Major General Doctor Andrew M. Roe, chief executive, Defence Academy, and commandant, Joint Services Command and Staff College, United Kingdom"Rick Newton's The RAF and Tribal Control is a meticulously researched, fresh analysis of RAF 'air control' operations in the Middle East during the interwar years. He ably shows that air control meant far more than bombing or strafing; indeed, the intent of the operations was to prevent conflict and assure law and order. The key to success was a thorough understanding of the needs and emotions of the local populace--a crucial factor that many of those calling for an 'airpower solution' to today's conflicts against irregular forces often neglect. Newton's book is a must for anyone who wants to know how air power can best be used to persuade or coerce." - Mark Clodfelter, National War College professor of strategy and author of The Limits of Air Power: The American Bombing of North Vietnam"The RAF and Tribal Control treads new ground in several important ways. Richard Newton links together the Subjects of airpower, irregular warfare, and coercion through his focused exploration of the British use of air instruments in Mesopotamia, the Transjordan, and Aden. More importantly he sheds light on the often overlooked dimension of airpower and the personnel advising airpower’s use. Newton assesses with a critical and objective eye, through official reports and personal papers, the successes and failures of British Special Service officers for reasons their modern successors, combat aviation advisors, and special tactics officers are only too familiar." - James D. Kiras, professor, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base
£999.99
SPCK - Lion Books Stretcher Bearer
Book SynopsisA fascinating voice from the past - the unpublished memoir of a WWI stretcher bearer
£8.54
MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Blood in the Argonne
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£20.66
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group A Farewell to Arms
Book SynopsisA Contemporary Classics hardcover edition of Hemingway’s masterpiece—a classic novel of World War I that is also a tender, haunting love storyErnest Hemingway drew from his own war experiences when he crafted this remarkable story of an American ambulance driver serving on the Italian front and his love for a beautiful English nurse. The novel, Hemingway’s first best seller, is marked by vivid depictions of the horrors of the battlefield—but also by the heartrending vicissitudes of a passionate affair of the heart between his protragonists, Frederic and Catherine, leading up to a tragic ending that is all the more powerful for its famously understated expression.Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.
£19.65
US Naval Institute Press Atlantic Linchpin
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£33.71
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Torchbearers of Democracy African American
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£999.99
MP-AMM American Mathematical The War of Guns and Mathematics Mathematical
Book SynopsisFor a long time, World War I has been shortchanged by the historiography of science. Until recently, World War II was usually considered as the defining event for the formation of the modern relationship between science and society. In this context, the effects of the First World War, by contrast, were often limited to the massive deaths of promising young scientists.Table of ContentsPlacing World War I in the history of mathematics by D. Aubin and C. Goldstein Starting Up: Cambridge mathematicians' responses to the First World War by J. Barrow-Green The total war of Paris mathematicians by D. Aubin, H. Gispert, and C. Goldstein Joining In: Italian mathematicians and the First World War: Intellectual debates and institutional innovations by P. Nastasi and R. Tazzioli A mobilized community: Mathematicians in the United States during the First World War by T. Archibald, D. Dumbaugh, and D. Kent Moving On: Debating the place of mathematics at the Ecole polytechnique around World War I by J.-L. Chabert and C. Gilain ""I'm just a mathematician"": Why and how mathematicians collaborated with military ballisticians at Gavre by D. Aubin Crossing Through: The Moravian crossroad: Mathematics and mathematicians in Brno between German traditions and Czech hopes by L. Mazliak and P. Sisma Why aerodynamics failed to take off in Nancy: An unexpected casualty of World War I by L. Rollet and P. Nabonnand Index
£99.90
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Children at War 19141918
Book SynopsisThis book takes readers to the heart of the Children's War 1914-1918.
£20.75
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Ottoman Navy Warships 191418
Book SynopsisAt the start of the 20th century the Ottoman Navy was a shadow of its former might, a reflection of the empire as a whole - the Sick Man of Europe. Years of defeat, nepotism, and neglect had left the Ottoman Navy with a mix of obsolete vessels, whilst the list of prospective enemies was ever-growing. An increasing Russian naval presence in the Black Sea and the alarming emergence of Italy and Greece as regional Naval powers proved beyond all doubt that intensive modernization was essential, indeed, the fate of the Empire as a naval power depended on it. So the Ottoman Navy looked to the ultimate naval weapon of the age, the dreadnought, two of which were ordered from the British. But politics intervened, and a succession of events culminated in the Ottoman Navy fielding a modern German battlecruiser and state-of-the-art light cruiser instead - with dramatic consequences. In this meticulous study, Ryan Noppen presents a fresh appraisal of the technical aspects and operations of the warsTable of ContentsIntroduction/ Ottoman Warships/ Operations/ Conclusion
£12.34
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.
£15.19
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Whiskey Women and War How the Great War Shaped
Book SynopsisSurveys the various ways New Orleans confronted the demands of World War I under the supervision of a dynamic political machine boss. Author Brian Altobello analyzes the mobilization of the local population in terms of enlistments and war bond sales and addresses the anti-vice crusade meant to safeguard the American war effort.
£29.96
Cornell University Press Skis in the Art of War
Book SynopsisK. B. E. E. Eimeleus was ahead of his time with his advocacy of ski training in the Russian armed forces. Employing terminology never before used in Russian to describe movements with which few were familiar, Skis in the Art of War gives a breakdown of the latest techniques at the time from Scandinavia and Finland. Eimeleus''s work is an early and brilliant example of knowledge transfer from Scandinavia to Russia within the context of sport.Nearly three decades after he published his book, the Finnish army, employing many of the ideas first proposed by Eimeleus, used mobile ski troops to hold the Soviet Union at bay during the Winter War of 193940, and in response, the Soviet government organized a massive ski mobilization effort prior to the German invasion in 1941. The Soviet counteroffensive against Nazi Germany during the winter of 194142 owed much of its success to the Red Army ski battalions that had formed as a result of the ski mobilization. In this luciTrade ReviewWith an approachable introduction by the justly celebrated ski historian E. John B. Allen, Skis in the Art of War offers advice, of course, on martial matters... [and] holds wisdom for the contemporary skier. Thoroughly engaging. * The Wall Street Journal *Skis in the Art of War, along with its prefacing commentary, gives readers insight into the topic of winter warfare conditions, and ski culture and history, at the intersection of environment and technology studies. This fascinating source is sure to benefit a wide variety of readers, from historians of Europe, Russia, the Arctic, and the environment, to those broadly interested in ski and military history. * H-net *Expert translation and commentary by ski historians Frank and Allen have produced this compelling version of a Russian manual of ski-based training and combat from 1912. [The] final sections of technical detail provide a fascinating glimpse into the international cooperation, civil society initiatives, and interwoven military-athletic culture of pre-1914 Europe. * Choice *...an outstanding translation with commentary.... a superbly presented, brilliantly researched and readable book. All the original 119 illustrations, line drawings and photographs are reproduced with remarkable clarity. * Slavonic and East European Review *Recently translated from the original Russian by William D. Frank and E. John B. Allen, and completed with commentary, explanations of technical terminology, and beautifully transferred sketches and images, this book is a work of passion for skiing and athletics by its author, and a substantial achievement for those who worked to bring it to a modern readership. * Canadian Slavonic Papers *Thanks to this magnificent translation, the reader can enjoy this excellent work that would otherwise have been very difficult due to its original language. [T]he notes section, with comments provided by professors Frank and Allen, is simply masterful. [T]he bibliography is nothing short of a treasure. * Journal of Sport History *
£999.99
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Battle in the Baltic: The Royal Navy and the
Book SynopsisThough, for most participants, the First World War ended on 11 November 1918, the Royal Navy found itself, despite four years of slaughter and war weariness, fighting a fierce and brutal battle in the Baltic Sea against Bolshevik Russia in an attempt to protect the fragile independence of the newly liberated states of Estonia and Latvia. This new book by Steve R Dunn describes the events of those two years when RN ships and men, under the command of Rear Admiral Alexander-Sinclair, found themselves in a maelstrom of chaos and conflicting loyalties, and facing multiple opponents - the communist forces of the Red Army and Navy, led by Leon Trotsky; the gangs of freebooting German soldiers, the Freikorps, intent on keeping the Baltic states under German domination; and the White Russian forces, bent on retaking Petrograd and rebuilding the Russian Empire. During this hard-fought campaign there were successes on both sides. For example, the Royal Navy captured two destroyers that were given to the Estonians; but the submarine L-55 was sunk by Russian warships, lost with all hands. Seeking revenge in a daring sequence of attacks and using small coastal motor boats, the RN sank the cruiser Oleg and badly damaged two Russian battleships. Today few people are aware of this exhausting campaign and the sacrifices made by Royal Navy sailors (three VCs were won), but the pages of this book retell their exciting but forgotten stories and, using much first-hand testimony, bring back to life the critical naval operations that prevented the retaking of the new Baltic countries that Churchill saw as an essential shield against the encroachment of the Bolsheviks into Europe. An uneasy peace prevailed until 1939.
£25.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Rugbeians in the Great War
Book SynopsisFew schools can claim to have had such a deep and diverse effect on British history as Rugby. Its influence on the sporting field is well-known, but this book examines the roles played by Rugbeians in many different spheres during the Great War. Politicians and academics, Olympians and artists all left their ordinary lives to fight for their country and it was their school which bound them together. Some such as Ernest Swinton, inventor of the tank, and Maurice Hankey, Cabinet Secretary, had direct influence on the shaping of the conflict, whereas others such as Duncan Mackinnon (Olympic gold medal-winning rower) and the Cawley brothers (both Members of Parliament) are remembered primarily for their pre-war achievements. Until now there has never been a volume which traces the extent of Rugby's influence, but this book showcases the extraordinary range of individuals from the school who left their mark on the war and the world at large.
£21.25
Purdue University Press Serbia's Great War: 1914-1918
Book SynopsisMitrovic's volume fills the gap in Balkan history by presenting an in-depth look at Serbia and its role in WWI. The Serbian experience was in fact of major significance in this war. In the interlocking development of the wartime continent, Serbia's plight is part of a European jigsaw. Also, the First World War was crucial as a stage in the construction of Serbian national mythology in the twentieth century.
£54.00
Purdue University Press Lemberg, Lwów, L'viv, 1914-1947: Violence and
Book SynopsisKnown as Lemberg in German and Lwów in Polish, the city of L’viv in modern Ukraine was in the crosshairs of imperial and national aspirations for much of the twentieth century. This book tells the compelling story of how its inhabitants (Roman Catholic Poles, Greek Catholic Ukrainians, and Jews) reacted to the sweeping political changes during and after World Wars I and II. The Eastern Front shifted back and forth, and the city changed hands seven times. At the end of each war, L'viv found itself in the hands of a different state.While serious tensions had existed among Poles, Ukrainians/Ruthenians, and Jews in the city, before 1914 eruptions of violence were still infrequent. The changes of political control over the city during World War I led to increased intergroup frictions, new power relations, and episodes of shocking violence, particularly against Jews. The city’s incorporation into the independent Polish Republic in November 1918 after a brief period of Ukrainian rule sparked intensified conflict. Ukrainians faced discrimination and political repression under the new government, and Ukrainian nationalists attacked the Polish state. In the 1930s, anti-Semitism increased sharply. During World War II, the city experienced first Soviet rule, then Nazi occupation, and finally Soviet conquest. The Nazis deported and murdered nearly all of the city’s large Jewish population, and at the end of the war the Soviet forces expelled the city’s Polish inhabitants.Based on archival research conducted in L’viv, Kiev, Warsaw, Vienna, Berlin, and Moscow, as well as an array of contemporary printed sources and scholarly studies, this book examines how the inhabitants of the city reacted to the changes in political control, and how ethnic and national ideologies shaped their dealings with each other. An earlier German version of this volume was published as Kriegserfahrungen in einer multiethnischen Stadt: Lemberg 1914?1947 (2011).
£29.71
Purdue University Press British Imperial Air Power: The Royal Air Forces
Book SynopsisBritish Imperial Air Power examines the air defense of Australia and New Zealand during the interwar period. It also demonstrates the difficulty of applying new military aviation technology to the defense of the global Empire and provides insight into the nature of the political relationship between the Pacific Dominions and Britain. Following World War I, both Dominions sought greater independence in defense and foreign policy. Public aversion to military matters and the economic dislocation resulting from the war and later the Depression left little money that could be provided for their respective air forces. As a result, the Empire's air services spent the entire interwar period attempting to create a strategy in the face of these handicaps. In order to survive, the British Empire's military air forces offered themselves as a practical and economical third option in the defense of Britain's global Empire, intending to replace the Royal Navy and British Army as the traditional pillars of imperial defense.Table of Contents INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: The First Imperial Air Defense Schemes, 1918–1919 CHAPTER 2: The Formation of the Royal Australian Air Force and the First Reassessments of Pacific Defenses, 1920–1921 CHAPTER 3: The Empire's Air Defense: The Geddes Cuts of 1922, and the 1923 Imperial Conference and Their Influence on the Empire's Air Defense, 1922–1923 CHAPTER 4: The Royal Air Force and Postwar Air Transport Defense Planning and the Airmail Scheme, 1919–1939 CHAPTER 5: Airships and the Empire: Defense, Schemes, and Disaster, 1919–1930 CHAPTER 6: Air Defense and the Labour Party: Singapore Naval Base and the 1926 Imperial Conference, 1924–1926 CHAPTER 7: Imperial Air Mobility, the Salmond Report, and Air Marshal Trenchard's Last Salvo, 1927–1929 CHAPTER 8: Depression and Disarmament, 1929–1933 CHAPTER 9: The International Crises and Imperial Rearmament, 1934–1936 CHAPTER 10: The Final Preparations, 1937–1940 EPILOGUE Notes Bibliography Index
£29.71
University of North Texas Press,U.S. The Weekly War: How the Saturday Evening Post
Book SynopsisAn elite team of reporters brought the Great War home each week to ten million readers of the Saturday Evening Post. As America’s largest circulation magazine, the Post hired the nation’s best-known and best-paid writers to cover World War I. The Weekly War provides a history of the unique record Post storytellers created of World War I, the distinct imprint the Post made on the field of war reporting, and the ways in which Americans witnessed their first world war. The Weekly War includes representative articles from across the span of the conflict, and Chris Dubbs and Carolyn Edy complement these works with essays about the history and significance of the magazine, the war, and the writers. By the start of the Great War, the Saturday Evening Post had become the most successful and influential magazine in the United States, a source of entertainment, instruction, and news, as well as a shared experience. World War I served as a four-year experiment in how to report a modern war. The news-gathering strategies and news-controlling practices developed in this war were largely duplicated in World War II and later wars. Over the course of some thousand articles by some of the most prolific writers of the era, the Saturday Evening Post played an important role in the evolution of war reporting during World War I.
£27.96
Texas A & M University Press War Bird Ace: The Great War Exploits of Capt.
Book SynopsisCapt. Field E. Kindley, with the famous Eddie Rickenbacker, was one of America's foremost World War I flying aces. Like Rickenbacker's, Kindley's story is one of fierce dogfights, daring aerial feats, and numerous brushes with death. Yet unlike Rickenbacker's, Kindley's story has not been fully told until now. Field Kindley gained experience with the RAF before providing leadership for the U.S. Air Service. Kindley was the fourth-ranking American air ace; his exploits earned him a Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster from the United States and a Distinguished Flying Cross from the British government. In February 1920, during a practice drill Kindley led, some enlisted men unwittingly entered the bombing target area. ""Buzzing"" the troops to warn them off the field, Kindley somehow lost control of his plane and died in the ensuing crash. Using arduously gathered primary materials and accounts of Great War aces, Jack Ballard tells the story of this little-known hero from the glory days of aerial warfare. Through this tale, an era and a daring flyer live again.
£23.96
Naval Institute Press The Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy
Book SynopsisBy the winter of 1916/17, World War I had reached a deadlock. While the Allies commanded greater resources and fielded more soldiers than the Central Powers, German armies had penetrated deep into Russia and France, and tenaciously held on to their conquered empire. Hoping to break the stalemate on the western front, the exhausted Allies sought to bring the neutral United States into the conflict. A golden opportunity to force American intervention seemed at hand when British naval intelligence intercepted a secret telegram detailing a German alliance offer to Mexico. In it, Berlin’s foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmermann, offered his country’s support to Mexico for re-conquering “the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona” in exchange for a Mexican attack on the United States, should the latter enter the war on the side of the Allies. The British handed a copy of the Telegram to the American government, which in turn leaked it to the press. On March 1, 1917, the Telegram made headline news across the United States, and five weeks later, America entered World War I.Based on an examination of virtually all available German, British, and U.S. government records, this book presents the definitive account of the Telegram and questions many traditional views on the origins, cryptanalysis, and impact of the German alliance scheme. While the Telegram has often been described as the final step in a carefully planned German strategy to gain a foothold in the western hemisphere, this book argues that the scheme was a spontaneous initiative by a minor German foreign office official, which gained traction only because of a lack of supervision and coordination at the top echelon of the German government. On the other hand, the book argues, American and British secret services had collaborated closely since 1915 to bring the United States into the war, and the Telegram’s interception and disclosure represented the crowning achievement of this clandestine Anglo-American intelligence alliance. Moreover, the book explicitly challenges the widely accepted notion that the Telegram’s publication in the U.S. press rallied Americans for war. Instead, it contends that the Telegram divided the public by poisoning the debate over intervention, and by failing to offer peace-minded Americans a convincing rationale for supporting the war. The book also examines the Telegram’s effect on the memory of World War I through the twentieth century and beyond.Trade Review…Fascinating book." -- Military History "A specialist in the history of espionage and covert operations during the Great War, in The Zimmermann Telegram Boghardt gives us the first new book on this event since Barbara Tuchman's treatment over 60 years ago. In his excellent opening survey of the historiography of the subject, Boghardt notes that Tuchman and other earlier writers on the subject worked without many documents that remained classified until recently, and also wrote largely without reference at all to German sources. A valuable work for anyone interested in the diplomacy of the war or American's participation."-StrategyPage.com "Overall, this is a deeply researched, clearly written, and highly analytical monograph. It certainly supersedes anything else written on the Zimmermann telegram and should be read by anyone interested in the First World War." -- Intelligence and National Security "I give this book a high recommendation: FIVE CLOAKS, FIVE DAGGERS!" --The Washington Times "…Impressive study…Well-researched, engagingly written, and superbly produced…a valuable and enjoyable read." -- The Journal of Military History "U.S. Army Center of Military History senior historian Thomas Boghardt is a thoughtful, technically astute, balanced investigator and fine author of prose…Read The Zimmermann Telegram. You won't be disappointed."-- Naval Historical Foundation "Boghardt blends the scholarship of a refined historian with the narrative skills of a John Le Carré in retelling the story of the Zimmermann telegram. Summing Up: Highly recommended."-- Choice "…Should be the definite work on the subject…Dr. Boghardt's work is a masterpiece of intelligence writing. By following the hard evidence rather than relying on historical assumptions, he provides an incisive case study on how intelligence can affect national affairs."-- Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies "This is a fresh, comprehensive study of how intelligence and counter-intelligence can be used in war, and of an incident that formed one of the markers on the way to the special relationship between Britain and the USA."-- Warships International Fleet Review "…Fascinating book." -- Military History, July 2013 "The detailed analysis here, drawing from documents of the time, tells us much that is new about the telegram, its decryption, and the tricks which not only brought it to light in 1917 but also kept the whole story from being told until now."--The Commercial Dispatch, (Columbus, Mississippi) "Replete with deft pen portraits of the main protagonists such as Kemnitz--nicely characterized by Hollweg's secretary, Riezler, as a 'fantastic idiot'--Boghardt has produced a highly readable, scholarly, and accomplished account. It adds particularly to our understanding of the dysfunctional nature of German policy-making."- The Historian "Boghardt expertly dissects the political and military situation surrounding the decrypt ion and dissemination of the notorious Zimmermann Telegram which triggered (but was not the cause) America's entry into the Great War. Of equal importance are his brief but revealing character sketches of the principal actors in the drama: German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann, British naval intelligence chief, William "Blinker" Hall, Wilson confidant Colonel Edward House, and U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing among many other major and minor characters."-- "St. Mihiel Trip-Wire" on www.WorldWarI.com, December 2012 "The Zimmermann Telegram will fascinate history buffs. It is worth reading."--Galveston Daily News, 18 November 201 "...The story of the Zimmermann telegram has enough twists and turns to keep the attention of even a jaded James Bond. U.S. Army Center of Military History senior historian Thomas Boghardt is a thoughtful, technically astute, balanced investigator and fine author of prose…Read The Zimmermann Telegram. You won't be disappointed." -- Naval Historical Foundation "Boghardt has given us a deeply researched and well-written book that tells us much that is new about the Zimmermann Telegram and its role in American entry into World War I. More than that, however, it is a solid analysis of German foreign policy and the international context of 1917. It should be a must read for anyone interested in these subjects."--Michael S. Neiberg, author of Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I "Thomas Boghardt has provided the most thorough, comprehensive, and reliable account to date of the Zimmermann Telegram. He has judiciously analyzed the diplomatic, political, bureaucratic, and cryptological dimensions of the crisis. His conclusions about its role in the American decision to enter the war against Germany in 1917 are compelling."--Roger Chickering, professor emeritus, Georgetown University, and author of Imperial Germany and the Great War, 1914-1918 "The Zimmermann Telegram is a critical moment in the history of World War I and the history of intelligence. Thomas Boghardt's work deftly examines the disclosure of the telegram, the U.S. entry into the war, and its historical memory. It's a lovely work of scholarship, deeply researched, that pays careful attention to all the main actors and reads as compellingly as a thriller."--David Silbey, author of The British Working Class and Enthusiasm for War, 1914?1916 and The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China, 1900 "Thomas Boghardt has produced a brilliant analysis of the most sensational code-breaking coup of World War I which also sheds new light on the origins of today's British-American special relationship."--Christopher Andrew, author of Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 "Thomas Boghardt has written the only book anyone needs to read about the storied Zimmermann Telegram episode. By exhaustively mining several countries' archives, using previously unavailable records, and giving equal treatment to all the major players, Boghardt corrects many durable misunderstandings about how the telegram was conceived, discovered, perceived, and exploited. He has made a vital contribution to the scholarship on intelligence and World War I."--David Robarge, chief historian, Central Intelligence Agency
£31.16
Naval Institute Press Airpower Over Gallipoli 1915-1916
Book SynopsisBased on extensive archival research, Sterling Michael Pavelec recounts the adventures of the handful of aviators and their aircraft during the Gallipoli Campaign. As the contest for the Dardanelles Straits and the Gallipoli Peninsula raged, three Allied seaplane tenders and three land-based squadrons (two UK and one French) flew and fought against two mixed German and Ottoman squadrons (one land-based, one seaplane) against each other, the elements, and the fledgling technology. The contest was marked by experimentation, bravado, and airborne carnage as the men and machines plied the air to gain a strategic advantage in the new medium. The nine-month aerial contest did not determine the outcome; but the bravery of the pilots and new tactics employed predicted the importance of airpower in battles to come. Airpower Over Gallipoli, 1915-1916 focuses on the men and machines in the skies over the Gallipoli Peninsula, their contributions to the campaign, and the ultimate outcomes of the role of airpower in the early stages of World War I.Trade ReviewMike Pavalec has produced a superbly researched study of the role of airpower in one of history's first great examples of multi-domain operations. He lays bare the myriad challenges to individual operators, military forces, and their commanders as they sought to introduce and integrate emerging technologies into active campaigns during modern warfare." —Mark E. Grotelueschen, author of The AEF Way of War, Department of Military and Strategic Studies, USAF Academy"This is the first comprehensive study of airpower in the Gallipoli Campaign. The author draws on the surviving archives of all the participants and provides a comprehensive, authoritative and balanced account that offers important insights - as well as a model for how air campaigns should be presented and analysed." —Peter J. Dye, author of The Man Who Took The Rap, Honorary Research Fellow Birmingham University, Verville Fellow, National Air & Space Museum"An expert on airpower technology, theory, and strategy, Pavelec illuminates the participants' efforts to integrate airpower with naval and land forces. In doing so, he makes a compelling case for the Gallipoli campaign as a crucial milestone in the development of twentieth-century joint warfighting." —Heather Venable, Associate Professor, Air Command and Staff College"Pavelec's work tells an exciting and much-needed story of the early days of military aviation. This book sheds new light on a little-known but important moment that thoroughly enriches our understanding of the evolution of air power." —Michael W. Hankins, curator, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum"Thanks to Michael Pavelec, we finally have a history of the Gallipoli campaign in all three dimensions. His book shows not only the role of airpower there, but also the way that the British, French, and Ottoman air services used Gallipoli as a laboratory to learn valuable lessons." —Michael S. Neiberg, Chair of War Studies, US Army War College
£31.46
Fonthill Media LLc ChicagoArea Italians in World War I
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£21.24
Bloomsbury Publishing USA Library for the War-Wounded
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£21.59
University of South Carolina Press Our Country First, Then Greenville: A New South
Book SynopsisPlaces Greenville's experience during World War I within the context of the progressive era to better understand the rise of this New South cityGreenville, South Carolina has become an attractive destination, frequently included in lists of the "Best Small Cities" in America. While Greenville's 21st century Renaissance has been impressive, in "Our Country First, Then Greenville," author Courtney Louise Tollison Hartness explores an earlier period, revealing how Greenville's experience during World War I served to generate massive development in the city and the region. It was this moment that catalyzed Greenville's development into a modern city, setting the stage for the continued growth that persists into the present-day.World War I affected Greenville and its residents in ways both big and small. "Our Country First, Then Greenville" explores Greenville's home-front experience of race relations, dramatic population growth (the number of Greenville residents nearly tripled between 1900 and 1930s), the women's suffrage movement, and the contributions of African Americans and women to Greenville's history. Tollison Hartness studies the influenza pandemic of that time, explores the stories behind the Greenville building boom of the 1910s and 1920s, and shares the rich and scandalous story of Greenville's Confederate Memorial. She argues that Greenville's experience during World War I cannot be separated from Progressive-era civic engagement, and that wartime mobilization catapulted Greenville into the ranks of the New South's important urban centers. This important work features newly discovered photos of Greenville, found in archival collections throughout the country and dating back over 100 years.
£67.50
Pen & Sword Books Armoured Warfare in the First World War 19161918
Book SynopsisPhotographic history of the tanks of the Great War with rare archive shots of tanks in action on the Western Front.
£11.24
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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Naval Institute Press The Photographer of Mauthausen
Book SynopsisThis is a dramatic retelling of true events in the life of Francisco Boix, a Spanish press photographer and communist who fled to France at the beginning of World War II. But there, he found himself handed over by the French to the Nazis, who sent him to the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp, where he spent the war among thousands of other Spaniards and other prisoners. More than half of them would lose their lives there. Through an odd turn of events, Boix finds himself the confidant of an SS officer who is documenting prisoner deaths at the camp. Boix realizes that he has a chance to prove Nazi war crimes by stealing the negatives of these perverse photos--but only at the risk of his own life, that of a young Spanish boy he has sworn to protect, and, indeed, that of every prisoner in the camp.Trade Review[A] must read graphic novel!" —Books and Books Only"Salvia Rubio does an amazing job with the storytelling, layering in historical details, while captivating you with a dynamic plotline. I read this novel in one sitting...I genuinely cared about the characters and cried for them throughout the novel. Also, I am appreciative of the way the illustrations tell the story. If you like historical fiction, you'll love this book. It has everything: stunning illustrations, a deep plotline, historical significance...everything you could want." —Travel Through Fiction"I was not familiar with Francisco Boix's story before picking up The Photographer of Mauthausen, but the graphic novel struck such chords that I doubt I will ever forget it. The book offers insight into the lives of Mauthausen's political prisoners and the protocols designed to exterminate them through hard labor. The artistry of the panels chronicles these realities, and ... I appreciate the care and dedicated resolve Rubio, Colombo, and Landa exhibit in their handling of the material...I am drawn to themes when reading, and more than once lost myself in the ideas this story provoked. I was intrigued by the manufacture of visual propaganda as explored in the early portion of the novel, but I was also moved by the narrative's approach to the transformative effects of desperation, survivor guilt, and the question of how to chronicle experience to individuals who did not share in it…. Highly recommended." —Historical Fiction Reader"Moving and suspenseful, The Photographer of Mauthausen is a based-in truth story of survival in a Nazi concentration camp [woven] into a taut, gripping thriller [and] an inspiring historical graphic novel whose visionary hero persists in the face of incredible adversity." —Foreword Reviews, Starred Review
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Naval Institute Press To Crown the Waves: The Great Navies of the First
Book SynopsisThe only comparative analysis available of the great navies of World War I, this work studies the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, the German Kaiserliche Marine, the U.S. Navy, the French Marine Nationale, the Italian Regia Marina, the Austro-Hungarian Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine, and the Imperial Russian Navy to demonstrate why the war was won not in the trenches, but upon the waves. It explains why these seven fleets fought the way they did and why the war at sea did not develop as the admiralties and politicians of 1914 expected.After discussing each navy's goals and circumstances and how their individual characteristics impacted the way they fought, the authors deliver a side-by-side analysis of the conflict's fleets, with each chapter covering a single navy. Parallel chapter structures assure consistent coverage of each fleet--history, training, organization, doctrine, matériel, and operations--and allow readers to easily compare information among the various navies. Such a study has special relevance today as twentieth-century navies struggle to adapt to twenty-first-century technologies.
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press It Can't Last Forever: The 19th Battalion and the
Book SynopsisThe 19th Battalion was an infantry unit that fought in many of the deadliest battles of the First World War. Hailing from Hamilton, Toronto, and other communities in southern Ontario and beyond, its members were ordinary men facing extraordinary challenges at the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, Amiens, and other battlefields on Europe's Western Front. Through his examination of official records and personal accounts, the author presents vivid descriptions and assessments of the rigours of training, the strains of trench warfare, the horrors of battle, and the camaraderie of life behind the front lines. From mobilization in 1914 to the return home in 1919, Campbell reveals the unique experiences of the battalion's officers and men and situates their service within the broader context of the battalion's parent formations - the 4th Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Division of the Canadian Corps. Readers will gain a fuller appreciation of the internal dynamics of an infantry battalion and how it functioned within the larger picture of Canadian operations.Trade Review"Campbell set the bar at its highest in researching and writing this engaging book, making it easily one of the best CEF unit histories ever produced." -- Andrew B. Godefroy, CD, PhD, author of For Freedom and Honour and Great War Commands"Lieutenant R. O. Spreckley, a veteran and historian of the 19th Battalion, warned in the mid-1930s that he could not write an 'intimate' regimental history without knowing what the 'boys did, thought, felt, smelt, and endured' during the war. He was forced to abandon the history. It has taken eighty years, but David Campbell has picked up the torch to write a rigorously scholarly and eminently readable history of the 19th Battalion. He captures the strain and struggle of a battalion at war, linking it to the wider war effort but always reminding the reader of the crucial role of individual Canadians on the Western Front and behind the lines. It Can't Last Forever is essential reading for those interested in the Canadian Corps and the Canadian soldiers who delivered victory in the many hard-fought battles and campaigns of the Great War." -- Tim Cook, C.M., Canadian War Museum"David Campbell writes compellingly of the 19th Battalion at war, putting its story within a broad political and military context while never forgetting the soldier's view on the blood-stained ground. In 1969 Herb Fearman, a decorated officer in the 19th Battalion, was dismayed when a new history of the Canadian Corps omitted his proud regiment. Fearman's unit suffered 60 percent casualties among its 5,000 men and he wanted his battalion understood in terms of both its service and its sacrifice; now, almost 50 years later, Campbell has fulfilled his wish and done so in brilliant fashion. " -- Robert L. Fraser, University of Toronto"...a tragic and beautiful book." -- Holly Doan -- Blacklock's Reporter, 20171201Table of Contents Preface 1. Recruiting and Mobilization: 1914-15 2. Training in England: May-September 1915 3. Life in the Trenches: September-December 1915 4. Waging Trench Warfare: September 1915-March 1916 5. Trial by Fire: Saint-Eloi, April 1916 6. ""Trying the Nerves"": May-July 1916 7. A Daylight Coup and Departing Belgium: 29 July-August 1916 8. Preparing for Battle: 28 August-15 September 1916 9. Fighting at the Somme: 15 September-3 October 1916 10. A ""Most Uneventful Tour"": October 1916-March 1917 11. ""Leaving Nothing to Chance"": 25 March-8 April 1917 12. An ""Easter Gift"" and a Bloody Setback: 9 April-3 June 1917 13. ""The Worst Ever"": June-August 1907 14. ""A Dirty, Dirty Country"": September-November 1917 15. Days of Uncertainty: November 1917-March 1918 16. ""It Was Pretty Lively"": 21 March-June 1918 17. Prelude to Victory: July-7 August 1918 18. The Battle of Amiens and Its Aftermath: 8-18 August 1918 19. Arras: 19-31 August 1918 20. Cambrai and Iwuy: 1 September-13 October 1918 21. Long Road to Mons: 14 October-11 November 1918 22. To the Rhine and Back: 12 November 1918-19 January 1919 23. Going Home: 20 January-25 May 1919 Epilogue Appendices A. Casualties, 19th Battalion, 1915-19 B. Discipline in France and Flanders
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Liverpool University Press Black Tommies: British Soldiers of African
Book SynopsisBlack Tommies is the first book entirely dedicated to the part played by soldiers of African descent in the British regular army during the First World War. If African colonial troops have been ignored by historians, the existence of any substantial narrative around Black British soldiers enlisting in the United Kingdom during the First World War is equally unknown, even in military circles. Much more material is now coming to light, such as the oral testimony of veterans, and the author has researched widely to gather fresh and original material for this fascinating book from primary documentary sources in archives to private material kept in the metaphorical (and actual) shoe boxes of descendants of black Tommies. Reflecting the global nature of the conflict, Black Tommies takes us on a journey from Africa to the Caribbean and North America to the streets of British port cities such as Cardiff, Liverpool and those of North Eastern England. This exciting book also explodes the myth of Second Lieutenant Walter Tull being the first, or only, black officer in the British Army and endeavours to give the narrative of black soldiers a firm basis for future scholars to build upon by tackling an area of British history previously ignored.Trade ReviewReviews 'The book has many strengths, notably the extensive utilization of archival sources and private family letters and images. It also helps to elucidate the operation of social Darwinism in British society and in the military.... I would recommend this book to those interested in such fields as the British Empire, military history, and world history. They will find this book captivating.' Paul Brenard, H-War'This is a well researched and written title on a forgotten part of the Great War and is highly recommended.' Paul Reed, WW1 Centenary'The book has many strengths, notably the extensive utilization of archival sources and private family letters and images....I would recommend this book to those interested in such fields as the British Empire, military history, and world history. They will find this book captivating.' Paul Brenard Chiudza Banda, H-Net Reviews'Costello has produced a well-written, interesting, and pioneering book that will undoubtedly serve as a base for future research on Britain’s black servicemen of the First World War and, one hopes, beyond.' Tim Stapleton, Journal of British Studies‘Costello’s well-researched and engagingly written study shows clearly how, while small in numbers, British born or naturalised black soldiers contributed to the war itself, as well as to life in British ports, and British officers’ perceptions of race during the war years…Costello’s book is engagingly written and will appeal to a wide readership, both inside and outside the academy.’Oliver Coates, Journal of African Military History Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of illustrations Introduction Chapter One: Whose War? Chapter Two: The Invisible Army-The Search Chapter Three: Black Volunteers-The Empire and Beyond Chapter Four: Black Officers, White Soldiers Chapter Five: The Empire Arrives-Conscription Chapter Six: The Return of the Heroes Epilogue Notes and References
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Liverpool University Press The Disparity of Sacrifice: Irish Recruitment to
Book SynopsisDuring the First World War approximately 210,000 Irish men and a much smaller, but significant, number of Irish women served in the British armed forces. All were volunteers and a very high proportion were from Catholic and Nationalist communities. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Irish recruitment between 1914 and 1918 for the island of Ireland as a whole. It makes extensive use of previously neglected internal British army recruiting returns held at The National Archives, Kew, along with other valuable archival and newspaper sources.There has been a tendency to discount the importance of political factors in Irish recruitment, but this book demonstrates that recruitment campaigns organised under the auspices of the Irish National Volunteers and Ulster Volunteer Force were the earliest and some of the most effective campaigns run throughout the war. The British government conspicuously failed to create an effective recruiting organisation or to mobilise civic society in Ireland. While the military mobilisation which occurred between 1914 and 1918 was the largest in Irish history, British officials persistently characterised it as inadequate, threatening to introduce conscription in 1918.This book also reflects on the disparity of sacrifice between North-East Ulster and the rest of Ireland, urban and rural Ireland, and Ireland and Great Britain.Trade ReviewReviews'This is a tremendously important and academically rigorous book, which will come to be seen as a seminal text in the study of Ireland's First World War. It punctures a number of myths about recruitment, and also has significant relevance to wider studies of the Irish Revolution.'Professor Richard S. Grayson, Goldsmiths, University of London'The book offers a fertile breeding ground for further studies. It represents a valuable historiographical contribution through its engagement with nationalist and unionist responses to the war effort.'Emmanuel Destenay, Journal of British Studies‘This is a fine piece of scholarship. It significantly advances our understanding of recruiting in Ireland in 1914–18, and sheds light on the wider British war effort as well.' Gary Sheffield, English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction1. ‘Gone for a Soldier’: Irish Recruitment to the British Armed Forces, 1903-19142. ‘They could only look for a moderate success’: Recruiting in the South and West of Ireland3. For Empire, Ulster or Ireland? Recruiting in Ulster4. Bureaucracy, Propaganda and the Conscription Crisis5. ‘The only privilege we have’: Wartime Officer Appointment6. A Divided Kingdom: Comparisons of British and Irish RecruitingConclusion
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The History Press Ltd Gallipoli 1915
Book SynopsisThe Gallipoli campaign was in some ways the brainchild of First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, who saw an attack on the Dardanelles as a way to break through the stalemate in supplying the Eastern Front. The preceding naval campaign led many to believe that victory was inevitable. However, increased losses at sea prompted the Allies to send ground troops to invade and eliminate the Ottoman artillery. These ground forces comprised a large ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand) contingent and Gallipoli would be their first major campaign in the war. They invaded on 25 April 1915, landing on 5 stretches of beach in open boats. The casualties from the first landing were horrific, of the first 200 men out of the boats, only 21 reached inland, the rest were mown down by the Ottoman machine-guns. Throughout the campaign losses were severe, with both sides suffering casualties in excess of 200,000 troops. Eventually the Allies were forced to evacuate. The fall out fr
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Helion & Company The Other Side of the Wire Volume 4: With the XIV
Book SynopsisExplores the decline of the XIV Reserve Corps from 1917 to 1918 including post-war effects, veteran experiences, and the rise of the Nazi Party.The Other Side of the Wire Volume 4: With the XIV Reserve Corps to the Bitter End, September 1917?11 November 1918 explores the events that occurred from preparations for the great German offensives to the transition of the Westheer from a powerful force to no more than a shell of an organization. Since then, many have assumed that it was not defeated in the field but by the undermining consequences of political unrest at home - the so-called ?stab in the back? conspiracy theory. This volume will show what truly happened within the ranks of the defeated army.While many volumes end with the Armistice, The Other Side of the Wire Volume 4 also explores the post-war years; the establishment of the veteran organizations, rise of the Nazi Party and the decades that followed the end of the Second World War. The tragic fate of Jewish veterans of the Great War under the Third Reich is also examined in detail.The final volume of the series, The Other Side of the Wire Volume 4 chronicles the often personal stories of the men who marched to war in 1914 only to face ultimate defeat four years later. It is unique in the sense that the wartime and postbellum experience of XIV Reserve Corps officers and men are chronicled from mobilization through the late 20th century.This superb Great War title has been published in a strictly limited edition hardback run of 750 copies, each individually numbered and signed by the author.
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Massachusetts Historical Society Letters and Photographs from the Battle Country:
Book SynopsisIn August 1918 a Massachusetts-born woman named Margaret Hall boarded a transport ship in New York City that would take her across the Atlantic to work with the American Red Cross in France, then in the devastating grips of the First World War. Working at a canteen at a railroad junction close to the Western Front, Hall aided soldiers from both Allied and Axis nations. While there she was regularly forced to seek shelter from German bombardments. After the Armistice, Hall explored the destruction of the surrounding region; her diary entries, letters, and photos reveal a world of ruins and human remains.After Hall returned to the United States, she wrote a memoir that she shared privately with friends and family. Published here for the first time, Hall’s words offer a first-hand account of life on the Western Front in those last months of the war and its immediate aftermath. Balancing her deeply held convictions about the horror of this conflict with both wry humor and a sense of urgency, Hall’s narrative gives the reader an unusually immediate and individualized testimony, one that rivals those of similar but better-known war memoirs, such as those by Vera Brittain and Edith Wharton.The book features dozens of Hall’s striking and never-before-published photographs, including of the movement of troops through town, women working just behind the front lines, and the landscape left when the war was “over.” The pairing of Hall’s remarkable images with her vivid reporting results in an invaluable, and uniquely personal, account of one of the most cataclysmic events in history.
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Leiden University Press Jihad and Islam in World War I: Studies on the
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Alpha Edition Malta: The Nurse Of The Mediterranean
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Messenger Publications Willie Doyle SJ: Much in the Presence of God
Book SynopsisWillie Doyle SJ was born in Dalkey on 3 March 1873 to an affluent Catholic family. Willie entered the Society of Jesus in 1891. taking vows, Fr. Doyle embarked on a period of Jesuit formation known as Regency. Fr. Doyle worked in two Jesuit schools Clongowes Wood College and Belvedere College. He was ordained in 1908. His prayerful nature took him into Retreat Ministry after ordination. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola are a popular way of praying in our time. At the turn of the Twentieth Century, they were almost the exclusive preserve of priests brothers and religious sisters. The Exercises made such a profound impact on Fr. Doyle that he felt they should be available to the largest audience possible. Fr. Doyle also had a great interest in vocations to religious life, and produced two bestselling pamphlets on the priesthood which were published by the Sacred Heart Messenger. In 1915 he volunteered as a Chaplain in the First World War. His time in the war saw him demonstrate great acts of heroism. His death in August 1917 came as a great blow to those who had known him. He died attempting to save injured soldiers from the battlefield at Ypres. His body was initially recovered, but subsequently obliterated by a German shell. Interest in his life was sparked by a book written by Professor Alfred O’Rahilly, which became a bestseller. The book went on to inspire future saints, like Mother Teresa. The desire to have Fr. Doyle declared a saint received much traction in the 1930s, but it lapsed as the Irish Jesuits preferred to give their energies to the cause of Fr. John Sullivan. In recent years the cause has begun to get traction and a lay Association of the Faithful is working to have it promoted. Trade Review‘[the author] recognises the spiritual qualities that made him so respected in his life’ * The Methodist Recorder *‘an informative and reflective narrative...an inspiring book. * The Furrow *‘packed with biographical detail, points of reflection and an explanation of Doyle’s significance for Christians today – an exceptional and thought-provoking work.’ * Intercom *‘this booklet will inform and inspire many particularly younger readers’ * Spirituality *
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Sambiase Books Sheathing the Blade
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