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The Great War And The British People
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Author : J. Winter
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2003-07-31
The Great War And The British People written by J. Winter and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-31 with History categories.
This second edition of the classic bestseller by J.M. Winter, originally published by Macmillan in 1985, includes a new and up-to-date introduction. This was the first major study to highlight the paradox that a conflict that killed or maimed over two million men, also created conditions which improved the health of the civilian population. Examining both the war and its aftermath, Dr Winter surveys not only trends in population and the impact of the conflict on an entire generation, but also, more profoundly, the meaning of the literature of the period.
The Great War And The British People
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Author : J. M. Winter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The Great War And The British People written by J. M. Winter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Great Britain categories.
The Great War And The British People
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Author : University Lecturer in History and Fellow J M Winter
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave
Release Date : 2013-12-31
The Great War And The British People written by University Lecturer in History and Fellow J M Winter and has been published by Palgrave this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-31 with categories.
The Great War In History
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Author : Jay Winter
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-12-03
The Great War In History written by Jay Winter and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-03 with History categories.
Previous edition of this translation: 2005.
The Home Front 1914 1918
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Author : Ian F.W. Beckett
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-12-31
The Home Front 1914 1918 written by Ian F.W. Beckett and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-31 with History categories.
The Great War had a profound impact on Britain. Not only did families risk their sons in active combat; every member of society was required to make a contribution to the war effort. National initiatives like rationing affected all, and civilians were now regarded as a legitimate military target. Reminders of this turbulent time survive today, in rituals such as Summer Time and Remembrance, nationwide war memorials, and the powerful myth of a lost generation slaughtered in a futile war. Here Ian Beckett examines the mobilization of the British people for the war effort and reassesses its impact on state and society. As evidence, he presents 40 key documents, including the King's rallying cry to the nation to 'eat less wheat', reports on social phenomena from anti-German riots to the drinking habits of women and juveniles, and Kitchener's initiatives to raise his New Armies.
Great Britain S Great War
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Author : Jeremy Paxman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-10-03
Great Britain S Great War written by Jeremy Paxman and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-03 with History categories.
Jeremy Paxman's magnificent history of the First World War tells the entire story of the war in one gripping narrative from the point of view of the British people. NOW A MAJOR BBC TELEVISION SERIES "He writes so well and sympathetically, and chooses his detail so deftly, that if there is one new history of the war that you might actually enjoy from the very large centennial selection this is very likely it" The Times We may think we know about it, but what was life really like for the British people during the First World War? The well-known images - the pointing finger of Lord Kitchener; a Tommy buried in the mud of the Western Front; the memorial poppies of remembrance day - all reinforce the idea that it was a pointless waste of life. So why did the British fight it so willingly and how did the country endure it for so long? Using a wealth of first-hand source material, Jeremy Paxman brings vividly to life the day-to-day experience of the British over the entire course of the war, from politicians, newspapermen, campaigners and Generals, to Tommies, factory workers, nurses, wives and children, capturing the whole mood and morale of the nation. It reveals that life and identity in Britain were often dramatically different from our own, and show how both were utterly transformed - not always for the worst - by the enormous upheaval of the war. Rich with personalities, surprises and ironies, this lively narrative history paints a picture of courage and confusion, doubts and dilemmas, and is written with Jeremy Paxman's characteristic flair for storytelling, wry humour and pithy observation. "A fine introduction to the part Britain played in the first of the worst two wars in history. The writing is lively and the detail often surprising and memorable" Guardian Jeremy Paxman is a renowned broadcaster, award-winning journalist and the bestselling author of seven works of non-fiction, including The English, The Political Animal and Empire.
Blighty
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Author : Gerard J. De Groot
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 1996
Blighty written by Gerard J. De Groot and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
As well as incorporating the latest scholarship, he makes rich, and often very moving, use of primary sources - newspapers, poetry (both high and low), literature, memoirs and letters - to illuminate the attitudes of society at all its levels, not merely the elite and the articulate. He reveals the extent to which the dominant social force in Britain during the war was not change but continuity.
The Last Great War
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Author : Adrian Gregory
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-16
The Last Great War written by Adrian Gregory and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-16 with History categories.
What was it that the British people believed they were fighting for in 1914–18? This compelling history of the British home front during the First World War offers an entirely new account of how British society understood and endured the war. Drawing on official archives, memoirs, diaries and letters, Adrian Gregory sheds new light on the public reaction to the war, examining the role of propaganda and rumour in fostering patriotism and hatred of the enemy. He shows the importance of the ethic of volunteerism and the rhetoric of sacrifice in debates over where the burdens of war should fall as well as the influence of religious ideas on wartime culture. As the war drew to a climax and tensions about the distribution of sacrifices threatened to tear society apart, he shows how victory and the processes of commemoration helped create a fiction of a society united in grief.
Britain S Great War Experience
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Author : Dr Peter Liddle
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2014-06-25
Britain S Great War Experience written by Dr Peter Liddle and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-25 with History categories.
Expertly written and beautifully presented, this book of outstanding photographs, documents and art work captures the spirit of the British people as they faced and successfully came through the prolonged challenge of the First World War. ??Using previously unpublished material from the Liddle Collection in the University Library at Leeds and supporting this with photographs from private and public collections from many parts of the British Isles, Britons Experience the Great War brings the experience of soldiers, sailors and airmen graphically close. It is, however, not just the fighting fronts which are so well represented: from the industrial, agricultural, domestic, educational and war resistance scenes, the response to war of workers, wives, sweethearts, students, children, rebels and resisters is made clear. Fund raising, rationing, humour, anxiety and grief are documented in this book in a way which provides touching testimony of the spirit of the times.??With almost four hundred illustrations, the book spans the British Isles and the most remote fighting fronts.
Great Britain S Great War
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Author : Jeremy Paxman
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2013-11-26
Great Britain S Great War written by Jeremy Paxman and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-26 with History categories.
Jeremy Paxman's magnificent history of the First World War tells the entire story of the war in one gripping narrative from the point of view of the British people. NOW A MAJOR BBC TELEVISION SERIES "He writes so well and sympathetically, and chooses his detail so deftly, that if there is one new history of the war that you might actually enjoy from the very large centennial selection this is very likely it" The Times We may think we know about it, but what was life really like for the British people during the First World War? The well-known images - the pointing finger of Lord Kitchener; a Tommy buried in the mud of the Western Front; the memorial poppies of remembrance day - all reinforce the idea that it was a pointless waste of life. So why did the British fight it so willingly and how did the country endure it for so long? Using a wealth of first-hand source material, Jeremy Paxman brings vividly to life the day-to-day experience of the British over the entire course of the war, from politicians, newspapermen, campaigners and Generals, to Tommies, factory workers, nurses, wives and children, capturing the whole mood and morale of the nation. It reveals that life and identity in Britain were often dramatically different from our own, and show how both were utterly transformed - not always for the worst - by the enormous upheaval of the war. Rich with personalities, surprises and ironies, this lively narrative history paints a picture of courage and confusion, doubts and dilemmas, and is written with Jeremy Paxman's characteristic flair for storytelling, wry humour and pithy observation. "A fine introduction to the part Britain played in the first of the worst two wars in history. The writing is lively and the detail often surprising and memorable" Guardian Jeremy Paxman is a renowned broadcaster, award-winning journalist and the bestselling author of seven works of non-fiction, including The English, The Political Animal and Empire.