Conscript Heroes
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Conscript Heroes
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Author : Peter Scott Janes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Conscript Heroes written by Peter Scott Janes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Escaped prisoners of war zFrance vDiaries categories.
Published in association with Paul Mould Publishers, UK.
The Conscript
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Author : Gebreyesus Hailu
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2012-01-23
The Conscript written by Gebreyesus Hailu and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-23 with Fiction categories.
Eloquent and thought-provoking, this classic novel by the Eritrean novelist Gebreyesus Hailu, written in Tigrinya in 1927 and published in 1950, is one of the earliest novels written in an African language and will have a major impact on the reception and critical appraisal of African literature. The Conscript depicts, with irony and controlled anger, the staggering experiences of the Eritrean ascari, soldiers conscripted to fight in Libya by the Italian colonial army against the nationalist Libyan forces fighting for their freedom from Italy’s colonial rule. Anticipating midcentury thinkers Frantz Fanon and Aimé Césaire, Hailu paints a devastating portrait of Italian colonialism. Some of the most poignant passages of the novel include the awakening of the novel’s hero, Tuquabo, to his ironic predicament of being both under colonial rule and the instrument of suppressing the colonized Libyans. The novel’s remarkable descriptions of the battlefield awe the reader with mesmerizing images, both disturbing and tender, of the Libyan landscape—with its vast desert sands, oases, horsemen, foot soldiers, and the brutalities of war—uncannily recalled in the satellite images that were brought to the homes of millions of viewers around the globe in 2011, during the country’s uprising against its former leader, Colonel Gaddafi.
Secret Agent Unsung Hero
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Author : Peter Dowding
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2023-12-30
Secret Agent Unsung Hero written by Peter Dowding and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Young Australian teacher Bruce Dowding arrived in Paris in 1938, planning only to improve his understanding of French language and culture. Secret Agent, Unsung Hero draws on decades of research to reveal, for the first time, his coming of age as a leader in escape and evasion during World War II. Dowding helped exfiltrate hundreds of Allied servicemen from occupied France and paid the ultimate price. He was beheaded by the Nazis just after his 29th birthday in 1943.
Manhood And The Making Of The Military
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Author : Anders Ahlbäck
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-13
Manhood And The Making Of The Military written by Anders Ahlbäck and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-13 with History categories.
When Finland gained its independence from Russia in 1917, the country had not had a military for almost two decades. The ensuing creation of a new national conscript army aroused intense but conflicting emotions among the Finns. This book examines how a modern conscript army, born out of a civil war, had to struggle through social, cultural and political minefields to find popular acceptance. Exploring the ways that images of manhood were used in the controversies, it reveals the conflicts surrounding compulsory military service in a democratic society and the compromises made as the new nation had to develop the will and skill to defend itself. Through the lens of masculinity, another picture of conscription emerges, offering new understandings of why military service was resisted and supported, dreaded and celebrated in Finnish society. Intertwined with the story of the making of the military runs the story of how manhood was made and remade through the idealized images and real-life experiences of conscripted soldiers. Placing interwar Finland within a broad European context, the book traces the origins of competing military traditions and ideological visions of modern male citizenship back to their continental origins. It contributes to the need for studies on the impact of the Great War on masculinities and constructions of gender among military cultures in the peacetime period between the two world wars.
Conscript Nation
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Author : Elizabeth Shesko
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2020-05-12
Conscript Nation written by Elizabeth Shesko and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-12 with History categories.
Military service in Bolivia has long been compulsory for young men. This service plays an important role in defining identity, citizenship, masculinity, state formation, and civil-military relations in twentieth-century Bolivia. The project of obligatory military service originated as part of an attempt to restrict the power of indigenous communities after the 1899 civil war. During the following century, administrations (from oligarchic to revolutionary) expressed faith in the power of the barracks to assimilate, shape, and educate the population. Drawing on a body of internal military records never before used by scholars, Elizabeth Shesko argues that conscription evolved into a pact between the state and society. It not only was imposed from above but was also embraced from below because it provided a space for Bolivians across divides of education, ethnicity, and social class to negotiate their relationships with each other and with the state. Shesko contends that state formation built around military service has been characterized in Bolivia by multiple layers of negotiation and accommodation. The resulting nation-state was and is still hierarchical and divided by profound differences, but it never was simply an assimilatory project. It instead reflected a dialectical process to define the state and its relationships.
From Civilian To Soldier And Back Again
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Author : Bertram Spencer
language : en
Publisher:
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From Civilian To Soldier And Back Again written by Bertram Spencer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Heroes In The Shadows
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Author : Brian Fleming
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2019-04-15
Heroes In The Shadows written by Brian Fleming and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-15 with History categories.
Extraordinary stories of courage by rescuers of those on the run in fascist Europe. This book illustrates the consequences of man-made horrors but also the best of humanity in dark times.
A Lincoln Conscript
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Author : Homer Greene
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-07-26
A Lincoln Conscript written by Homer Greene and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-26 with Fiction categories.
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The Adventures Of A Conscript
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Author : W. H. Younce
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-27
The Adventures Of A Conscript written by W. H. Younce and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Ian Fleming S Commandos
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Author : Nicholas Rankin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-03
Ian Fleming S Commandos written by Nicholas Rankin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03 with History categories.
Rankin tells the story of a secret intelligence outfit conceived and organized by Ian Fleming during World War II, named "30 Assault Unit", a group who was expected to seize enemy codebooks, cipher machines, and documents in high-stakes operations, and which inspired his creation of the James Bond character